Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --On Monday, November 4, 2002 9:10 AM -0500 SthRosner@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 11/3/02 11:47:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, > rolfe@ldp.com writes: > >> Perhaps, but the company did retire all the senior people who knew >> anything about B&W film, so we'll probably never see a new B&W film out >> of Kodak even as they milk the existing products for their last nickel. > > Rolfe, think how foolish your remark sounds. To me it reads just like: > > Ernst Leitz Wetzlar retired all the senior people who knew anything about > designing and manufacturing cameras and lenses so Leica Solms milks > existing products for their last Euro - I was going to say pfennig. > > Let's not buy any more Leicas. > > Res ipsa loquitur. Well, the difference is that my comment re: Kodak is, although intentionally hyperbolic, pretty much true. The Leica comment is not analogous because Leitz/Leica hasn't actually done this. And finally, I didn't suggest that anyone stop buying Tri-X :-). Rolfe - -- Rolfe Tessem rolfe@ldp.com Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html