Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, the brand recognition varies based on region. I think here in Europe, and particularly in places like Switzerland or Germany, Leica is a quite recognized brand, also among those who have only a casual interest in photography. You see it outside many camera stores in Zurich, alongside the big Japanese brands, and there are many places where you can pick up an M6/M7 or a pair of Leica binoculars. Nathan Javier Perez wrote: > Quite so > but still, the Leitz name is nowhere near as > recognized among layfolk today as the Zeiss name. > Anyone who goes to the planetarium knows about Zeiss! > Javier > > --- Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> wrote: > >>Where I work, Leitz microscopes are all over the >>lab. >> >>...Vick >> >>Javier Perez wrote: >> >> >>>Howdy >>>?Unlike Zeiss, Leitz doesn't have the name >> >>recognition >> >>>to market to the general public. How many outside >> >>this >> >>>list would buy a pair of Leitz sunglasses! Even if >>>they were aspherical. Clearly they would have to >>>become an independent lens mfg. Of course they >>>wouldn't be able to make EOS lenses but they could >>>release stuff on PK M42 CY FD and on Nikon for use >>>with the current F5, Maybe as part of an >>>interchangeable mount system or using the existing >>>adaptall. No one could say anything to stop them >> >>since >> >>>these mounts are all on expired patents. Of course >>>companies never listen to guys like me until it's >> >>too >> >>>late! >>>Javier >>> >> >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: nathanw@bluewin.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2003.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html