Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, The original post was about the demise of the Lomo camera. I have no idea about any other products made by that company. Nathan Marc James Small wrote: > At 08:27 PM 5/27/05 +0200, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > >>I am with Luis on this one. I have never understood the attraction of >>the likes of Lomo, Lensbaby, Holga etc. If someone needs to use inferior >> equipment for economic reasons, that's one thing (and many great >>images have been produced by people in this category). But deliberately >>using what amounts to a Coke bottle bottom to make pictures and then >>claiming it to be ART or whatever, well... >> >>Suffice it to say that the Lomo will not be missed here. > > > Natehan > > I missed the reference to the original article. What precisely is > happening? > > LOMO is a world player in precision scientific apparatus, especially in > micrography, and it was LOMO who constructed and figured the mirror for the > Soviet 236" (6m) reflector which so astonished the astronomical world four > decades back. Cameras were a very minor part of the business of a really > big optical comapany. > > Marc > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com