Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Voigtlander is the brand and it is a German company. The fact that a Japanese company provided the technology and manufacturing does not make the term "Voigtlander Germany" untrue. Dan Cardish wrote: > The instruction sheet for my Cosina/Voigtlander 12/5.6 has the term > "Voigtlander Germany" printed on it. Does Cosina have any assets in germany? > > Dan C. > > At 10:32 PM 26-02-01 -0500, Marc James Small wrote: > >At 10:04 PM 2/26/2001 -0500, Emanuel Lowi wrote: > >>I for one have learned that the Country of > >>Origin debate here is the road to madness, as Leica's labelling means > >nothing at all. > >> > > > >Emmanuel, PLEASE! No manufacturer's statement of origin means much these > >days, be the the producers of volleyballs or frigates. It IS an > >international market today! > > > >But do not pick Leica out for scorn when almost every other factory does > >the same sort of brand-labeling. > > > >Marc > > > >msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > >Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! > > > >