[Leica] Voigtlander question

[philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)]

Isn't it SkopaR, Bob? ;-)


> From: <Thinkofcole@aol.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:52:29 EDT
> To: <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] Voigtlander question
> 
> 
> 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
>  
>  
>  
>  
>   
> ____________________________________
> 
> 
> Subject: [Leica]  Voightlander 35mm lens question
> From: cochranpr at mac.com (David  Cochran)
> Date: Thu Sep 22 11:16:49 2005
>  
> ____________________________________
> 
> 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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