[Leica] Voigtlander question

[Thinkofcole at aol.com (Thinkofcole@aol.com)]

Marc chastised me  for inserting an "h" in Voigtlander, which he maintains 
the  Voigtlander family disavows. 
  All of which brings up what another  LUG member noted: that if you insert 
the "h" in Ebay searches for  Voightlander, you get replies. I, too, have 
gotten replies on Ebay in  searching for Lieca and Lietz. [What surprised me 
was 
that although some  sellers can't spell Leica, they know how much to ask for 
 
them.]
  Another thing: As a creature of habit, I  --and I believe other members -- 
simply copy the subject as written by  the sender, which is what I did. 
That's 
how I picked up the "h". If you refer  [below] to the original message you 
will see that I simply copied the subject as  written, but in writing my 
reply I 
added an "r" to the Skopa mentioned in the  original. 
  As for the "h" in Voigtlander, there are  hundreds of German words that 
are 
spelled one way by the Germans and another  way by others; Voigtlander is 
one 
of those words. That is why the issue  came up; lots of people spell it with 
the "h.''
  The issue comes up among grammarians and  philologists in many other 
words: 
for example: labor and labour, clue and  clew, catalog and catalogue.  
 
 I confess I generally now write  Voigtlander but years ago I used to write 
Voightlander. [I never add  the umlaut over the "a" because I'd have to look 
it 
up every time I  wanted one because it isn't on my standard keyboard.]
 
Anther confession: I've owned a few Voigtlanders  over the years and I'm 
really very sorry I didn't hold on to them-- particularly  the Bessa; it was 
one 
of the best cameras I ever had. 
 
regards, bob cole
 
 
 
 
  
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Subject: [Leica]  Voightlander 35mm lens question
From: cochranpr at mac.com (David  Cochran)
Date: Thu Sep 22 11:16:49 2005
 
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Hi all. I just got via mail a new Voightlander Skopa 35mm f2.5. My question 

is, Do I need a viewfinder for it or will the viewfinder of my Leica IIIf 

will work with it?





peace



David

  
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