Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gary that would be Ralph Hagenauer! A really nice guy to walk around there with. I think that very shortly he will have quite a bit more to show you there on the tour. I can't seem to enlarge the pic in your blog from the thumbnail Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 10 April 2010 05:51, Gary Todoroff <datamaster at northcoastphotos.com>wrote: > Albert Haganauer at Leica gave me a fine tour of the Solms site last > October. He was getting ready to retire in just a few months. A photo of > Albert and me in front of the Leica camera family tree is at: > http://northcoastphotos.com/node/23 > > After seeing the hands-on construction and testing of the M9, the cost of > the camera becomes a bit more understandable (though not affordable). Leica > does not allow photos in the factory anymore, unlike about 15 years ago > when > I was able to fire away at all the workstation areas through the plate > glass > windows. > > Gary Todoroff > > > > At 06:02 AM 4/9/2010, you wrote: > >> Ha ha, I recall coming into a town in Germany, too late to find >> accommodation at the tourist office, and being "rescued" by a big friendly >> policeman, as he drove us to a friend with a B&B. >> >> My memories of traveling in Germany are wonderful, with very friendly >> people. >> >> And I said in a previous post, Wetzlar is a very pretty town. >> >> Vick >> >> >> >> >> Konstantin Mihov wrote: >> >>> Delightful story. Thanks for sharing! Living in the north part of Germany >>> in >>> a relatively big city (Bremen), I have never experienced such a friendly >>> environment but I can easily imagine it in the smaller parts of Germany. >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >