Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well - in the same article he presented "his" M3 with Elmar and rigid Summicron 50 mm lenses - with 5 other classic cameras. All the best! Raimo photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Edward Meyers <aghalide@panix.com> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 05. elokuuta 2000 19:45 Aihe: Re: Vs: [Leica] Bob Schwalberg >If he said this in 1987, then it might have been an exageration. >I don't think he had Leicas in 1987, unless they were loaned >out to photographers. He often gave cameras and lenses away to >young photographers who couldn't afford them. I can name at >least four... >There's an interesting story about his collection of Leicas in >Wetzlar in the 1960s....how he actually gave them away, sort of. Ed > >On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Raimo Korhonen wrote: > >> 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outdated before it hit the market.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 >> > >> > >> >> > >