Re: [Leica] Chance from R to Nikon?

["Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>]

Maybe I'm a just a silly provincial guy!
It would, however, explain the greater optical and mechanical integrity of
the Leitz lenses.
While I am not trying to be pithy, I would ask if you have a hypothesis to
explain the disparity. This is an open ongoing discussion, and if I am
wrong, please, please tell me how I err, so I can learn....
Fair 'nuff?
dwpost@msn.com
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From: TEAShea@aol.com <TEAShea@aol.com>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Friday, January 30, 1998 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Chance from R to Nikon?

><< I think the Elves of Solms Know how to make a superior lens; The
Japanese
>do
> too, but, they opt for a large quantity of lower priced lenses, made to
> standards lower than we expect, and they are made by folks on an assembly
> line who understand too little-  >>
>
>This is a silly, provential attitude.
>
>Tom Shea