Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --=====================_499224176==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >At 02:38 PM 5/10/2001 +0800, apbbeijing@yahoo.com wrote: >>As for the product's >>heritage, I think you will find Konica have been in the photo business >>longer than any of the companies you mention: Hasselblad, Linhof and Leica. > At 09:35 AM 5/10/01 -0400, Marc James Small wrote: >I believe we've been through this before. Karl Kellner (he of the Kellner >Eyepiece design) founded what is now the Leica company in 1849. Is Konica >older than this? I believe it IS older than Hasselblad and Linhof. > >Marc I'm sure Marc is correct but I won't needle him for his sources... ;) But for Adrian Bradshaw, the word Heritage does not mean age. It means: 1 : property that descends to an heir 2 : something transmitted by or acquired from a predecessor 3 : LEGACY, INHERITANCE, TRADITION Not simply age. Leica's heritage is its quality and precision. Its time tested ability to perform, basically forever (in human terms.) It continues that legacy. The M6 has inherited its features and quality from the M3. The M3 was a newer design following the tradition of the very long line of LTM cameras. The lineage runs from Oscar to the current M6. You can trust the current derivation (M6) to perform because of its heritage. What can be said about the Hexar? It is a Konica camera that is made for Konica lenses. Jim - --=====================_499224176==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> >At 02:38 PM 5/10/2001 +0800, apbbeijing@yahoo.com wrote:<br> >>As for the product's<br> >>heritage, I think you will find Konica have been in the photo business<br> >>longer than any of the companies you mention: Hasselblad, Linhof and Leica.<br> ><br> At 09:35 AM 5/10/01 -0400, Marc James Small wrote:<br> >I believe we've been through this before. Karl Kellner (he of the Kellner<br> >Eyepiece design) founded what is now the Leica company in 1849. Is Konica<br> >older than this? I believe it IS older than Hasselblad and Linhof.<br> ><br> >Marc<br> <br> <br> I'm sure Marc is correct but I won't needle him for his sources... ;)<br> <br> But for Adrian Bradshaw, the word Heritage does not mean age. It means:<br> <br> <b>1</b> <b>:</b> property that descends to an heir<br> <b>2 :</b> something transmitted by or acquired from a predecessor<br> <b>3</b> <b>: </b>LEGACY, INHERITANCE, TRADITION<br> <br> Not simply age.<br> <br> Leica's heritage is its quality and precision. Its time tested ability to perform, basically forever (in human terms.) It continues that legacy. The M6 has inherited its features and quality from the M3. The M3 was a newer design following the tradition of the very long line of LTM cameras.<br> <br> The lineage runs from Oscar to the current M6. You can trust the current derivation (M6) to perform because of its heritage.<br> <br> What can be said about the Hexar?<br> <br> It is a Konica camera that is made for Konica lenses.<br> <br> Jim<br> <br> </html> - --=====================_499224176==_.ALT--