Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:43 AM 2/26/2000 -0600, Fred Zimmerman wrote: > The adoption of Nikon lenses is discussed in a fine book by Robert >Rotoloni, The Nikon Rangefinder Camera: an Illustrated History of the Nikon >Rangefinder Cameras, Lenses and Accessories, 2nd ed., Hove, 1983. And this is the tale that was concocted to hood-wink the photo editors back in the states. The tale is not entirely false, just pumped up quite a bit. The test WAS run, as Duncan didn't want to come back from Korea with a bunch of fuzzy and unuseable shots. Once he saw that the Japanese lenses produced images as good as his German glass he was content. The rest was eye-wash for the home crew. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!