Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leica should be named "Camera made by the factory formerly known as Ernst Leitz, from Wetzlar, moved to Solms, sold several times and now publicly traded on the stock market so that idiots can wreck it for good, and smart guys on the Leica USERS Group can question the pertinence of its name when they have nothing else to do" Why don't you guys cut it out?! Get out there and shoot your Leica! Lucian On Wed, 28 Jul 1999 DonjR43198@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 7/28/99 1:45:40 PM Central Daylight Time, > robsteve@hfx.andara.com writes: > > << Leica stands for Leitz Camera. > > Regards, > > Robert >> > > Does that mean the camera is now improperly named since there is no such > thing as "Leitz" as the Leitz family no longer owns the company? What name > should the camera now carry? Maybe "bean counter's special"? >