Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > ____________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >