Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica in Switzerland? >Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 17:26:34 +0200 > >Victor, > >I am sure some of the eminent Leica historians on the list will give more >detailed info, but as far as I know Leitz/Leica was owned (I do not know if >it >was wholly or partially) by some Swiss company/family during the 80s. To my >knowledge, there was never any Leica factory here. > >Incidentally, Leica is quite popular here (I guess not surprising given the >high >average income in this country) And perhaps also because they make the Binoculars for the officers of the Swiss Army (previously it was Kern). Zeiss is also more popular than Leica in Switzerland for all the binocular/scope gears. logan. . Even many lowly neighbourhood camera stores >carry at least a basic assortment of Leica (an M6, R8, the most popular >lenses). > >Nathan > >Victor Wek wrote: > > > Is or was Leica company placed in Switzerland, in any time? Or may be >any > > part of Leica was there? Like it is now in Portugal. > > > > Recently, I attended a party and one guy from local theatre recognized > > LeicaM camera immediately. And he was claiming that Leica factory is >located > > in Switzerland. I won 1$ bet by showing him “Made in Germany” mark on my > > current M6. Form where he could take that idea? He told me this was in > > newspaper. May be it was on fool day? > > > > Thanks, > > Victor > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >Nathan Wajsman >Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > >e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch >mobile: +41 78 732 1430 > >Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm >General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html