Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:18 PM 5/10/01 -0400, Marc James Small wrote: >At 04:22 PM 5/10/2001 -0700, Jim Brick wrote: >>Leica didn't make film or copiers. Just optics, >>cameras, and paraphernalia that supports this line. So the Leica (Leitz) >>heritage is sort of all in the same vein. Still doing today, what Oscar >>started nearly a century ago. >> > >PUH-LEEZE, Jim! Do not abuse Leica's history so! Oscar Barnack did NOT >start Leica! The company was founded by Karl Kellner in 1849, > >Marc Marc, I was simply talking about the start of 35mm photography and camera making at Leitz. You know that I know that the company is much older and Oscar was not even a twinkle when it started. To quote Marc James Small... PUH-LEEZE! My whole topic was about 35mm RF CAMERA lineage/heritage. Nothing else. No other history. Only what Oscar started with the UR. Just 35mm cameras. Jim