Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:07 PM 11/23/1999 -0500, Chandos Michael Brown wrote: >Leitz, Contax, and Rollei, owe their >fortune to the happy coincidence of the rise of the Nazi state with the new >vogue for 'miniature' cameras (meaning 35mm), Har-Har-Har. But the problem with this, of course, is that Franke & Heidecke didn't even begin to do concept studies of a 35mm camera until the War was over for 22 years, and around 85% or more of Zeiss Ikon's production prior to the War, and all during the War, was LF or MF. Which does, I suppose, leave Leitz on the griddle! Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!