Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was an outside reader for an dissertation at UWO last winter, and spent a few days in London. I vaguely remember an evening knocking down way too many local micro-brews. Not quite up to American standards, but satisfying in the ways that count. Who is the best brewer? C At 05:44 PM 10/18/01 -0600, you wrote: >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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html