Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:41 PM 3/5/98 -0800, you wrote: >Eric, you are missing the point, but then you already know that. I didn't miss the point at all. I'm not obsessed with the city my cameras are made in. I use Leicas on a daily basis. I know what they can do, without shooting newspapers on walls. I am using some of the lastest stuff, not testing it. And I could give a rat's ass about where it was made. But then, I'm not a collector. And if a large collector has great looking Polish fakes, well that's just great. But I really doubt the story the Leica sold them the tools to do it. There's lots of urban legends around about everything Leica, like who made the original Aspherical lens, and what was the reason they fell apart, and the old man and the apprentice and all that. Having a large collection doesn't mean you can't be mistaken. I'm not saying he is, I just find it rather strange that Leica would do such a thing, and find it all too easy to doubt because of the oft' held opinon around here and elsewhere that Leica lost it when they left the magical kingdom of Wetzlar. ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Maniac: An early computer built by nuts...