Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html