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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Better than an slr...
From: Chandos Michael Brown <cmbrow@wm.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 19:55:31 -0400
References: <200110182238.SAA00685@poseidon_2>

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.
> >
>
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