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Subject: [Leica] Vs: [Leica] Voigtländer Bessa-R ad
From: "Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 23:19:23 +0200

Well - actually on the Bessa-L you read Voigländer Germany clearly and in very small print Made in Japan - no mention of Cosina - but IMO it is indeed analogous with Contax/Kyocera.
All the best!
Raimo
photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen

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Lähettäjä: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Päivä: 21. elokuuta 2000 21:11
Aihe: Re: [Leica] Voigtländer Bessa-R ad


>Robert Jagitsch wrote:
>> 
>> >
>> >I'd call it a lie of omission.
>> 
>> Where is the lie?
>> 
>> >
>> >It is possible it is THK of Long Beach CA who is responsible for the deception
>> >and not Cosina as much.
>> 
>> What deception?
>> 
>> Am I missing something here? It's marketed as a Voigtlander camera,
>> not a Cosina (just like Contax/Kyocera) and there is no lie or
>> deception in doing so.
>> 
>> -R
>> 
>Well it does say Cosina on the camera. They are the ones who make it.
>Markwr
>