Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Walter Kluck is the name of the gentleman you refer to. Walter passed away a few years ago. He had been the featured speaker at several LHSA meetings over the years. He was also responsible for the Saar works after the war. This was the factory Leitz set up in the Saar after WWII to circumvent high taxes in France for imported photo gear. These cameras are the highly collectible Monte en Saar cameras. Walter later moved to Midland to run the factory there. Midland was jokingly referred to as the "Walter Works" as Walter Kluck ran the company and Dr. Walter Mandler was the chief lens designer for Leitz in residence in Midland. Dr. Mandler was responsible for many of the great Leitz lens designs of the sixties and seventies, including our beloved 50/1 Noctilux. Bill Rosauer