Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric "Prewar" is pre-1 September 1939; the '50's are a whole different animal. In the early '30's, when Berek first developed the residual-aberration technique, Leitz WAS much smaller than almost any major player on the board. By the '50's -- after the phenomenal success Leitz enjoyed in the '30's and '40's -- the situation was far different. Second, I believe my original post was that Leica probably did not disassemble EVERY lens, but only the lenses of exceptional quality. Your comment on the 2.8/300 Nikon and Canon range supports this, as both are extremely fine lenses. Third, as to Bob Shell, he hardly owns Shutterbug -- look to the masthead of the magazine. Bob has a fairly schlocky close-to-porn studio about forty miles from me. I used to be his county attorney, though we've never met. We do exchange some vicious FAXes on occasion, a practice which will cease as soon as my current subscription lapses. I'm TIRED of Regie and Zucker and so forth. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!