Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm glad you made these points. I was about to put black tape over the "Made in Canada" on my M4-2 and its accompanying Summicron. Roland Smith - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc James Small" <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 8:53 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Country of origin > At 04:20 PM 11/30/2000 +0100, Alan Hull wrote: > >Don't be ridiculous Erwin. Mythical? Is it mythical that the German > >army, using German built weapons and machinery, far superior to > >anything else in Europe, sliced through the Dutch, British, and French > >armies like a hot knife through butter not so long ago. Is it mythical > >that Mercedes, BMW, Porsche, are among the most sought after autos in > >the world? That the reputation of Linhof, Leica, Rollei, Contax, are a > >myth? > > Well, to be fair, the French and British armies late sliced through the > Wehrmacht "like a hot knife through butter" -- after all, Germany DID lose > the War! (And the Soviet army did even more damage to the German military > despite severe problems with supply and training.) Large parts of most > German cars are now made overseas -- VW has for years been producing a LOT > of its stuff in Mexico, for instance. And Contax, of course, has been > effectively a Japanese-built product for a quarter of a century. > > There is no special cachet to made in Germany. There is a special cachet > to Leica quality. > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! > >