Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>LEI(tz) CA(mera) > >> From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> >> >> Maybe Oscar Barnack had a Russian girlfriend! Or was it Ernst who came >>up with >> the name "Leica"? Alois Schwarzenegger was a co-worker with Oskar B., and produced another camera prototype. Unfortunately he was left with seconds in the name game, and the 'Tzmera' was just too hard to market. * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com