Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Feb 5, 2009, at 5:34 PM, Seth wrote: > Oh you're THAT old Larry? ;-) I prefer being old to the alternative. I'm a Korean War vet. At the base PX it was possible to pick up a Nikon S with a f2.0 50mm Nikkor lens, engraved on the top plate "Made in Occupied Japan," for about $125. A Leica IIIf with a f3.5 50mm Elmar was about twice the price. I passed up the Nikon. After all, how good could a Japanese camera be? It wasn't until I returned home that I learned that David Duncan had "discovered" the quality of the Japanese cameras and that they were the rage of the photographic community. Larry Z > > I recall, as a kid, my dad telling me - and I don't know to this > day if it > is/was fact or apocryphal - that before WWII there was a Japanese town > called Usa where much manufacture was done, so that they could mark > products: "made in Usa" > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > Cc: "Lawrence Zeitlin" <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 11:42 AM > Subject: [Leica] Re: China, Japan, Thailand, etc. > > >> >> On Feb 5, 2009, at 11:06 AM, Chris wrote: >> >>> The "pro" >>> gear is still "Made in Japan". >> >> >> When I was a kid,"Made in Japan" had a pejorative ring to it. Only >> cheap stuff was made in Japan. >> >> Larry Z