Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And what about Rollei 35 in 1966 - compact cameras were not that compact before it. And the designer Heinz Waaske offered it to Leitz who declined it. A classic example of not-invented-here syndrome. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho ----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy Atherton" <tim@kairosphoto.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 1:50 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] Coenen's interview on Asahi Camera > >> I keep harping about what happened when the OM1 came out. >> And forced them all to take a long hard look at their fat camera designs. >> And that was when Leica came out with the CL non coincidently enough. >