Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/11

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Subject: [Leica] Cosina/Voigtlander (WAS: S snapshots)
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 06:49:19 +0200
References: <CE56847E.10597%mark@rabinergroup.com>

It is called marketing. Voigtlander was long defunct when Cosina bought the 
brand from RingFoto. Brands are like any other asset. Cosina has rejuvenated 
by offering good products using the name Voigtlander, a name that otherwise 
does not mean much today.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
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YNWA









On Sep 12, 2013, at 2:35 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> As a person who is very familiar with what a Voigtl?nder or Zeiss product
> looks like and feels like and what they do it went down funny as the lack 
> of
> integrity behind the whole thing is  really just odd. I mean why use your
> own name when you can buy someone's better? 



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