Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Kodak (American) vs Leica (German) quality
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 11:02:35 -0400

At 09:43 PM 9/4/01 -0500, Duane Birkey wrote:
>But you really can't compare American vs German quality as I think the
>Ektras were made in Stuttgart Germany and the lenses made by Schneider in
>Germany as well...  much like the Retina cameras........ which are really
>quite nice little folders  (I happen to have a couple in my collection)

Absolutely not, Duane.  The Ektra was made in Rochester, NY, as were the
lenses to fit the camera.  The Retina, now, is a different tale!

Marc

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