Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If he said this in 1987, then it might have been an exageration. I don't think he had Leicas in 1987, unless they were loaned out to photographers. He often gave cameras and lenses away to young photographers who couldn't afford them. I can name at least four... There's an interesting story about his collection of Leicas in Wetzlar in the 1960s....how he actually gave them away, sort of. Ed On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Raimo Korhonen wrote: > Hi all! > In PopPhoto March 1987 Bob Schwalberg himself wrote: "At one time I actually owned 87 Leica cameras ... I sold most of of my Leica collection in 1967, and for years I went around telling people that nobody really needed 87 Leicas; 12 were enough. Today I´m down to only four, and my collecting has taken a new turn for the practical." > All the best! > Raimo > photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen > > -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- > Lähettäjä: Sal DiMarco,Jr. <sdmp007@pressroom.com> > Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Päivä: 05. elokuuta 2000 15:05 > Aihe: [Leica] A week off; Bob Schwalberg > > > <snip> To further muddy the waters... I always thought Bob Schwalberg preferred > >the Dual-Range Summicron NOT the collapsible in that vintage 50mm lens. > > As I remember my conversations with Bob about his "get out of the > >business" comments there were directed at the original Leicaflex which was > >outdated before it hit the market. > > Leitz management assigned two separate design teams to creating a SLR > >camera. The camera Bob's team created was NOT chosen. He eventually left the > >company and history proved him correct. I believe, he was happiest when he > >was in Germany and did not really want to leave. He became very bitter over > >it. I never carried a Leica SLR in his presence, it upset him to much. > > Ed Meyers was closer to Bob than anyone else, I would have to concede > >to him interpretation. > >Happy Snaps, > >Sal > > > > > >