Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 11/4/02 9:54:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, rolfe@ldp.com writes: > but the company did retire all the senior people who knew > >> anything about B&W film, so we'll probably never see a new B&W film out > >> of Kodak even as they milk the existing products for their last nickel. > > > > Rolfe, think how foolish your remark sounds. To me it reads just like: > > > > Ernst Leitz Wetzlar retired all the senior people who knew anything about > > designing and manufacturing cameras and lenses so Leica Solms milks > > existing products for their last Euro - I was going to say pfennig. > > > > Let's not buy any more Leicas. > > > > Res ipsa loquitur. > > Well, the difference is that my comment re: Kodak is, although > intentionally hyperbolic, pretty much true. So you think it is "pretty much true" that we will "probably never see a new b+w film out ot Kodak." Not clear thinking. > The Leica comment is not analogous because Leitz/Leica hasn't actually done > this. You mean those 40, 50 and 60 year-old folks who designed the M3, M2, M4 and all those wonderful lenses in the 50's and 60's are still hanging around Solms? > And finally, I didn't suggest that anyone stop buying Tri-X :-). True. You didn't. My remark was unnecessary. On this thread: -30- - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html