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Subject: Vs: [Leica] Bob Schwalberg
From: "Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi>
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 18:10:43 +0200

Hi all!
In PopPhoto March 1987 Bob Schwalberg himself wrote: "At one time I actually owned 87 Leica cameras ... I sold most of of my Leica collection in 1967, and for years I went around telling people that nobody really needed 87 Leicas; 12 were enough. Today I´m down to only four, and my collecting has taken a new turn for the practical."
All the best!
Raimo
photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen

- -----Alkuperäinen viesti-----
Lähettäjä: Sal DiMarco,Jr. <sdmp007@pressroom.com>
Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Päivä: 05. elokuuta 2000 15:05
Aihe: [Leica] A week off; Bob Schwalberg


<snip>    To further muddy the waters... I always thought Bob Schwalberg preferred
>the Dual-Range Summicron NOT the collapsible in that vintage 50mm lens.
>    As I remember my conversations with Bob about his "get out of the
>business" comments there were directed at the original Leicaflex which was
>outdated before it hit the market.
>    Leitz management assigned two separate design teams to creating a SLR
>camera. The camera Bob's team created was NOT chosen. He eventually left the
>company and history proved him correct. I believe, he was happiest when he
>was in Germany and did not really want to leave. He became very bitter over
>it. I never carried a Leica SLR in his presence, it upset him to much.
>    Ed  Meyers was closer to Bob than anyone else, I would have to concede
>to him interpretation.
>Happy Snaps,
>Sal
>
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