Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc, I have always liked Zeiss glass. Unfortunately, their cameras were not very ergonomic. Is it true that they were actually more expensive than Leicas? Chris At 07:34 AM 9/20/96 -0400, you wrote: >At 04:03 PM 9/19/96 -0600, you wrote: > >>How can the Soviets be clever? Please think about this one. > > >Chis > >I was guilty of that old American linguistic ploy, a resort to sarcasm. > >Actually, the Kiev plant was founded by the Soviet government from the >shards of the Prewar Zeiss Ikon concern, so I guess the almost infinite >adaptability of the MTO lenses arises from the brilliance of Heinz >Kuppenbender and Hubert Nerwin and their ilk. > >Marc > >msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 >Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! > > > **************************************************** C.M. Fortunko, Ph.D. Group Leader, Materials Characterization (853.05) National Institute of Standards and Technology Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory 325 Broadway Boulder, CO 80303 Office phone:(303)497-3062 FAX:(303)497-5030 Residence: (303)494-7246 ****************************************************