Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/28

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Polaroid, requiescat in pace
From: glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer)
Date: Sun Dec 28 19:50:38 2008
References: <200812280429.mBS4TGcv038949@server1.waverley.reid.org> <B743D8F9-D0EF-43A0-A6B3-99A71E44A0BB@optonline.net> <20081229022909.GA28801@panix.com>

Larry and Rei,

No!  They would not prepare the same sort of EULOGY, because Polaroid 
had far more influence on
the hoi-poloi than did Leica.  Most people have never heard of Leitz/Leica.

They will die "not with a bang, but a whimper".

Jerry


Rei Shinozuka wrote:
> another one of the nifty fifty bites the dust:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nifty_Fifty
>
>
> On Dec28 10:44, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
>   
>> Read the lyrical and nostalgic account of the passing of Polaroid in  
>> today's New York Times.
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/weekinreview/28kimmelman.html?hp
>>
>> I wonder if some editorial writer is preparing the same sort of elegy  
>> for Leica?
>>
>> Larry Z
>>
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Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Re: Polaroid, requiescat in pace)
In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: Polaroid, requiescat in pace)
Message from shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka) ([Leica] Re: Polaroid, requiescat in pace)