Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The name "Leica" does have value. However, I'm worried that in the future we'll see "Leica" paper wedding cameras, as we now see $79 "DuMont" branded TVs, or "Scott" low-fi stereos. Or, as Yip Harburg put it: Napoleon's a pastry Bismarck is a herring Alexander's a cr?me de cocoa mixed with rum Herbie Hoover is a vac-u-um Columbus is a circle, and a day off Pershing is a square, what a pay off Julius Caesar is now a salad on a shelf So little brother, get wise to your self Life's a bowl and it's full of cherry pits Play it big and it throws you for a loop That's the way with fate; comes today we're great Comes tomorrow we're tomato soup Napoleon's a pastry Get this under your brow What once used to be a rooster is a duster now DuBarry is a lipstick A Pompadour's a hairdo A good Queen Mary just floats along from pier to pier Venus DeMilo is a pink brazier So Blackstone is a bag, ain't it shocking and the Mighty Kaiser, just a stocking The Czar of Russia is now a jar of caviar Even Cleopatra is a black cigar Oh yes, my honey lamb Swift is just a ham Lincoln's a tunnel; Coolidge is a dam! Yes, my noble lads Comes today we're fads Comes tomorrow we're old subway ads Homer is a swat, King Jonah, you know what Get this under your brow All these big-wheel controversials are just commercials now Jim Shulman Bryn Mawr, PA -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Robert Clark Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 7:22 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Leica News I think this is the direction that we'll see as the name "Leica" has value even though the company is in a bad position. The sport optics are terrific and I think those will continue to be made somehow someway. I would not be surprised to see some relationship between Voigtlander/Cosina come out of this......with a falling dollar and just not enough deep pockets / people willing to acquire an outdated technology coupled with the digital onslaught, I'm not surprised....just very saddened. When I bought my M6TTL / 50mm Summilux back in 2000, I had saved for two years and can remember the day like it was yesterday....I was (and still am) terribly excited to be a Leica owner. Now, I use the M6 sometimes and a D70 sometimes. My next photo purchase will probably be a 70-200 2.8 Nikon VR lens or perhaps a 300mm F4. Robert JCB wrote: