Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Dan Cardish wrote: > At 07:31 PM 29-12-97 -0500, you wrote: > >Leica Jockey shorts, Leica toilet paper, Leica condoms???? > >This is one reason why a good friend of mine got rid of all his > >Leicas...Ed > > > > Why get rid of a good camera just because the company that makes them also > sells tie clips? What does one have to do with the other? > > Dan C. > My friend had worked for Leitz in Wetzlar and was a very proud person. He thought that the marketing of the stuff was a putdown. He believed that Leitz (Leica) should put their energy in making cameras and lenses for creating photographs. This other stuff created a circus, perhaps good business, but also against his "religion". Ed