[rollei_list] Re: Grossly OT: California and Politics

One reason that the Prakitka was great was because they essentially were Zeiss. Zeiss made the company change the name from Zeiss to Praktika, I understand.
I prefer German aesthetics to Japanese. I'd rather have a Leica than a Nikon or a Canon. I'd also prefer a Rollei to a Mamiya. And any of those would be better than anything built in the good old US of A.

Doug Nygren


On Sep 28, 2005, at 9:23 PM, redleica wrote:

Russian cameras do not enjoy a good reputation, particularly when compared to Japanese and German quality.
One can understand that it seems so politicaly incorrect to say that but the plain facts of most peoples experience testitfy that their cameras are not great.
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From: "dnygr" <dnygr@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:56:35
To:<rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Grossly OT: California and Politics

The Praktika from East Germany had great lenses. I had one that took wonderful photos. I understand some of the Russian cameras were good, too. So much for generalizations.

Doug Nygren




---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Nick Roberts <nickbroberts@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 23:51:48 +0100 (BST)


--- Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hey -- Communism is garbage!  And, it makes for poor
cameras too.

P.J. Nebergall 

Whilst agreeing with your first statement, I have to
take issue with the second. I have some splended
Communist-era cameras.

Nick





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