Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > I think it has been proved that Konica is younger than Leitz/Leica. When did Leitz enter the photographic market? Sometime in the first decade of the 20th century as far as my books tell me. Of course they were an optical firm before that but they did not have experience in the field of mass market photo equipment for decades after Konica had been at it and their first commercial camera was approximately half a century after Konica had been in the photo business. This means to me that the heritage of Konica is not be dismissed lightly even though they are not the particularly altar we worship at. Brgds Adrian - -- Adrian Bradshaw Corporate and Editorial Photography Beijing, China tel/fax +86 10 6532 5112 mobile +86 139 108 22292 e-mail apbbeijing@yahoo.com OR adrianpeterbradshaw@compuserve.com website: http://www.apbphoto.com http://www.liaisonintl.com/bradshaw.htm http://www.liaisonintl.com/bradshaw_e.htm _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com