[Leica] Re: LHSA Meeting in Germany

[vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko)]

As one who once worked at Leitz Midland, and have also been to the
Solm's tour, I found the Solm's tour underwhelming.  I realized that
they would not have shown the sensitive portions of the facility, if
there were any, but they hardly showed anything.  My wife thought that
they had let everyone off work early the day that we were there.

I worked at Leitz Midland in '83 and visited Solms in about '97/'98 and
I wanted to see what difference 15 years had brought, and also to see
the "mother ship".  

But I found Wetzlar quite attractive. 

I won't be at the LHSA meeting unfortunately, but to all that do attend,
I hope you enjoy it.   

Regards,

Vick Ko



-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
David Keenan
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 11:30 AM
To: lug@leica-users.org
Subject: [Leica] Re: LHSA Meeting in Germany

...snip

I also spent a few days in Wetzlar and did the Leica tour. Wetzlar is a
pleasant little city. To be honest the factory tour was a bit
underwhelming. They don't do that much manufacturing there (or least
they either didn't show it or it was a slow day) so there wasn't that
much interesting to see. Most of the time was used for an old timer to
give a pep talk on how great Leica is and how it is not suited for 99.9%
of the masses because they just can't appreciate the quality and
workmanship. 

...snip

Dave.