Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:24 AM 2/12/97 EST, Thomas P Myro wrote: > >Retinas were designed and produced by the former Nagel Cameraworks. >August Nagel was a superior camera designer, who at one time, I believe, >worked at the Contessa Nettel Cameraworks (later to become part of the >Zeiss Ikon amalgamation. One minor note. Nagel not only "worked there": he owned Contessa-Nettel until the merger was forced on him by the German government and minority stock-holders. He then sold his share to the Zeiss Foundation and used this money to found Nagel AG, which he almost immediately sold to Kodak. He died during the War to be succeeded by his son as head of Kodak AG. The son died last September, mourned by a lot of folks in Stuttgart and Rochester as he was much loved. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!