[Leica] John W. Lee

[cartersxrd at gmail.com (RicCarter)]

Thank you so much for this.

It would be nice to hear the stories of the many folks we meet here.

ric carter



> On Nov 11, 2022, at 6:54 AM, Tsun Tam via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> Condolences to his family and friend. John had been a good friendto both 
> Jim Lager and me. My last eMail from him was datedAugust 12. John had 
> forwarded a message regarding "Create,powered by PhotoPlus." I believe 
> around that time, we hadchatted via phone, though most of our 
> "conversations" had beenvia text or eMail.
> Recollection of my first meeting John was when he invited meto attend one 
> of the Lug meetings at the Center for Photography.My friends, Sal DiMarco, 
> Ralph Hagenauer (from Leitz Wetzlar),Dr. Zafar Khan and Dr. Stuart Fink 
> (from NYU). Sadly,dear Sal and Stuart are no longer among us and Ralph had 
> sincemoved back to Germany and has retired from Leica. Zafarretired and 
> move to Florida.
> 
> My surviving and oldest Leica friends are Jim (since 1970 welive in the 
> same town and we both worked at Leitz NY/USA) and 
> Pong Promadhat (since 1967 and had moved back to Thailandin 1992). Sadly 
> my best Leica friends, Otto Schmidt andVincent (Uncle Vince) Fochtman, 
> both managers at Leitz, USAalso had passed. Who are left: Sherry Krauter 
> whom I met when she 
> first joined Leitz Rockleigh in the late 1960s/early 1970s (Otto 
> once told me that Sherry was his BEST technician and Ottohad started her 
> working on the Leicaflex cameras - both Sherry 
> and I love Otto!), Ernst Hartmann (I met Ernst in the late 1960swhen Otto 
> brought him over from Wetzlar when we were stillat 304 Hudson Street, NYC 
> where Leitz' service department waslocated - that was a wonderful place; 
> in the back was a hugefactory but at the time no longer produced anything) 
> and Urich 
> (Urly) Fuchs (Leicaflex technician). 
> 
> I remember John and I were at Jim Lager's house on a holidaycelebration, 
> maybe 15 years ago. We met there numerous times
> in Jim's basement "bunker."
> 
> The last time I met John was in Westwood after we had been toBergen County 
> Camera. After that, we had a leisurely mealwith Dr. Lew Rothman at a local 
> Irish pub about a block awayfrom BCC. 
> 
> We always had good times together with John. He will be sorely 
> missed! RIP, old buddy!
> Sorry for this long message, but with John's passing, it broughtback 
> wonderful memories of the Leica, of Leitz New York/USAand most important 
> of my dear friends from the old firm. Icherished each day I worked there 
> and between Jim and me, 
> we could probably write several volumes of our experiences 
> with E. Leitz, NY/USA - the hardware, the production facilities,AND the 
> friends. Yes, there WERE a few "characters" there but 
> they were very NICE!
> 
> Tsun
> 
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