[Leica] Re: New Zeiss Ikon

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

Emanuel says..
"The old era of Zeiss - Leitz rivalry was a heady time
for 35mm design," and asks...

"Now, in these days, how will Leica respond?"

---
As they, sadly, always have ... With too little, too late, and at too
high a price.

These are not the heady days of the Zeiss/Leitz competition - which, if
we recall, were actually the days of the Zeiss/Leitz/Nikon competition.
;-)

These are the days of the Zeiss/Kyocera/Cosina/Hassie consortium moving
in to clean up the remaining scraps from the rangefinder table - scraps
that could have been Leicas had Leica moved 18 months ago, or even
further back, when the Cosina handwriting was writ large upon the wall. 

B. D.