Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Better than an slr...
From: John Collier <jbcollier@powersurfr.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 17:44:34 -0600

WWWHHHHAAAAAATTTTTTT!!!!!!

Criticising ELCAN is bad enough but slamming our beer is too much!

John Collier

PS: Molson is not the finest brewer in Canada!

> From: "Emanuel Lowi" <mano@proxyma.net>
> 
> Dan Post wrote:
> 
> "Jim-
> questioning whether the Wetzlar (or Solms) lenses are better than the
> Canadian might result in another food fight here. The consensus seems to be
> that the Canadian lenses are every bit as good if not better then the German
> copies- and considering that ELCAN developed the Noctilux, and Lord only
> knows how many satelite lenses, they might actually have an edge!!!
> The Canadian Elves might be a bit more adept than the Solmische Gnomes! (I
> say that because of the vast number of Canadian LUGgers who would otherwise
> stop the Molson shipmenst South!!!"
> 
> Well, patriotism notwithstanding (and I think, in today's climate, patriotism
> is am
> especially lousy substitute for reason and the facts...) I have no problem
> stating
> that the Canadian Leica gear is less than their classic German equivalents.
> Trotting
> out the old lore about the Elcan stuff is no proof of quality whatsoever - the
> military contract items were mostly made to satisfy budgetary requirements and
> were
> in no real way superior to consumer grade Leica pieces. I think this applies
> to a lot
> of military gear in general - sub-par construction, inflated pricing for the
> Defence
> Dept. free spenders of taxpayers dollars.
> 
> Bad news for patriots: German beer and wine are also generally superior to
> their
> Canadian equivalents.
>

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