Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/31

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Congratulations to Marc James Small
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 11:37:35 -0500

There is, but don't forget that it was Made In Japan from designs "stolen"
from those elf-like German lens designers. :-)

B. D.

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Rich
Lahrson
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 11:29 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Congratulations to Marc James Small


Stephen Gandy wrote:
> I asked Marc that several years ago.  Seems his book was only about the
> European Non-Leitz Screwmount lenses, but the publisher changed the title
> for  marketing reasons -- or at least that is how I remember the story.

Hi!

     Too bad, as there's all that Canon glass from when Canon made the
screw mount Leica copies plus the Nikon lenses in screw mount.

					Cheers,

							Rich Lahrson
							tripspud@wenet.net