Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica 'Quintessenz'
From: Alan Ball <AlanBall@csi.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 21:23:46 +0100

Alex,

You are right: Leica would have deserved a place in that consumer's
pantheon. More precisely, that is the place of a M3 + 50mm Summicron, I
would say...

Alan

Alex Hurst wrote:
> 
> Hi LUGnuts.
> 
> A long time ago a good German friend of mine gave me a book (translated
> from the American into German, I believe), which featured various
> manufactured products which were the 'quintessence'  of good design and
> desirability.
> 
> The Leica camera was not among these, which surprised me at the time.
> 
> Among those that I remember _were_ there were:
> 
> 1) The Zippo lighter (definitely - as a pipe-smoker I use 'em every day).
> 
> 2) The Steinway piano (a hundred maestros can't be wrong).
> 
> 3) The Timex watch (mentioned recently on the LUG)
> 
> 4) Oreo cookies (isn't that some kind of invasive software?)
> 
> My question is:
> 
> Does Leica deserve to be included in this hall of fame? If not, why not?
> 
> Slan
> 
> Alex
> 
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