Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Cosina new lenses/press release
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 12:07:44 -0700

"A.H.SCHMIDT" wrote:
><snip>
> If Cosina was a bit more honest, they call the lenses. they try and sell as
> Voigtlander Lenses, and the cameras they try and sell as Voigtlander Cameras,
> with partly Germany stamped on the bottom) under a japanese name. Say for
> example "Lotus Flower 35f2
> or Cherry Blossom 75f1.4.
> 
> Regards, Horst Schmidt

Hey Horst!
What the heck is this thing with Japanese naming these lenses after
little flowers?
Why can't they name them after Dogs like the fine upstanding German
companies do?
90mm 2.8 Akita
little 35mm F2 Shiba Inu
135 F 3.5 Tosa Inu
Now that's a mut you can sink your teeth into, or visa versa!
Mark Rabiner