Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc James Small wrote: > > At 08:58 PM 3/16/2001 +0100, Julian Thomas wrote: > >Now hold on a minite! Leica is now owned by Hermes, it is not owned by > >Leica. So should Leica stop being called 'leica'? > >Cosina bought the rights to the Voigt. name and puts out a range of rf > >products under that name why shouldn't it use a name it bought? > > Apples and oranges, Julian. First, Leica is not "owned" by Hermes: they > simply control 31% of the stock. Second, there still is a functioning > Leica concern, but Voigtlander went west in 1965, and there has been no ><Snip> An interesting date. 1965 The date i got my darkroom at 13 and first camera with adjustments. It was a Vito BL Voigtländer! I must have got their LAST camera! Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.rabiner.cncoffice.com/