Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think one's perspective would be influenced by one's own age. Nikon (other than the lenses, which the PJ's perferred to Leitz lenses for LTM bodies in the '50's) didn't really come to mass prominence until the mid-60's and the heightening of the Vietnam war. Even in those days, it was rare to see anyone other than a pro carrying a Nikon or even a Nikkormat. The bodies and lenses were significantly more expensive (in the way Leica R is now more expensive than Nikon) than Pentax, Canon, Minolta, Miranda, Olympus/Pen, Mamyia/Sekor, Petri and even slightly more than Topcon. It wasn't until the 70's with the FM/FE/FG etc. when Nikon traded on their name and made a major inroad into the consummer market, that most of those other marques went kaput and suddenly Nikon was around everyone's neck. Within a decade, though, Canon had usurped the consummer market. Regards, Nigel On Wed, 23 Dec 1998 12:16 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) dmorton@journalist.co.uk (David Morton) writes: >Lucien quoted someone else saying: > >> 'Leica may have invented 35mm but Nikon made 35mm important! > >Ummmmm, at the risk of incurring the wrath of the LUG, I think I'd >agree >with that. ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]