Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/18

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Subject: [Leica] Re: [Leica] Re: [Leica] Re: [Leica] On the History of Voigtländer
From: "Giorgio Ferrari" <fergio@galactica.it>
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 22:59:48 +0100
References: <3AB29F6D.CE4E9619@visi.net><3.0.6.32.20010317161843.00a3b210@pop.infi-net.mindspring.com><003101c0af2a$d7a25080$2d157a3e@aspire><3AB487AF.1020FDB8@primus.com.au> <3.0.6.32.20010318131640.0081ccc0@pop.infi-net.mindspring.com>

> The Voigtlander name was last used on a production camera in the late
> 1970's, not the '50's, with the various Voigtlander-derived VSL's from
> Rollei (well, one of these WAS an outright Voigtlander design).

Excuse me, Marc, but the Voigtländer production from '50 to late '70 was a
lot of fake models with name of Voigtländer, like you know very well.

> And Cosina
> did not "take over" the Voigtlander name:  they simply licensed it for a
> small part of their production.  I believe all the items sold under the
> Voigtlander name are separately available as well under the Cosina name.

Like Rollei with the Voigtländer name, as you tell me. I think that your
problem ia a deep hatred for Cosina production due to the use of Voigtländer
name, without any form of impartiality.

> And your Alfa-Romeo and Ferrari analogy is not an apt one, as the actions
> you speak of occurred while both Alfa and Ferrari were going concerns.
The
> BMW:Rolls analogy is far better.

Why? What difference? I'm not sure you're right...

Giorgo Ferrari

In reply to: Message from Isaac Crawford <isaac@visi.net> (Re: [Leica] Re: Bessa-T - let me get this straight...)
Message from Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> ([Leica] On the History of Voigtländer)
Message from "Giorgio Ferrari" <fergio@galactica.it> ([Leica] Re: [Leica] On the History of Voigtländer)
Message from "A.H.SCHMIDT" <horsts@primus.com.au> (Re: [Leica] Re: [Leica] On the History of Voigtländer)
Message from Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> (Re: [Leica] Re: [Leica] Re: [Leica] On the History of Voigtländer)