Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/10

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Subject: [Leica] Voigtländer Germany - a lie, a pile of baloney, or a marketing ploy?
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:59:28 -0500
 
> Just relax Mark. Voigtl?nder made cameras that not enough people wanted to 
> buy
> and went bankrupt. History does not matter in the marketplace, only what 
> you
> can do for your customers now. At least the name had some commercial value 
> to
> it, so just be happy that whoever went bankrupt with the company was able 
> to
> recover at least something.
> 
> I for one applaud Cosina's product line--I do not like all their stuff, but
> their line of good quality, low cost rangefinders and lenses provided an 
> entry
> into the rangefinder (and hence possibly Leica) world for many, and 
> expanded
> the possible universe for those of us who already own Leica bodies. My
> 1.2/35mm Cosina/Voigtl?nder is superb, and particularly at 1.2 it beats the
> Summilux hands down ;-)
> 
> Nathan

Voigtl?nder?
I thought the name was "Voigtl?nder Germany"?



Mark William Rabiner
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