Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> The Voigtlander name was last used on a production camera in the late > 1970's, not the '50's, with the various Voigtlander-derived VSL's from > Rollei (well, one of these WAS an outright Voigtlander design). Excuse me, Marc, but the Voigtländer production from '50 to late '70 was a lot of fake models with name of Voigtländer, like you know very well. > And Cosina > did not "take over" the Voigtlander name: they simply licensed it for a > small part of their production. I believe all the items sold under the > Voigtlander name are separately available as well under the Cosina name. Like Rollei with the Voigtländer name, as you tell me. I think that your problem ia a deep hatred for Cosina production due to the use of Voigtländer name, without any form of impartiality. > And your Alfa-Romeo and Ferrari analogy is not an apt one, as the actions > you speak of occurred while both Alfa and Ferrari were going concerns. The > BMW:Rolls analogy is far better. Why? What difference? I'm not sure you're right... Giorgo Ferrari