[rollei_list] Re: Grossly OT: California and Politics
- From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 19:54:23 -0700
Doug,
The Practica cameras were made by KW before the war. Zeiss had
nothing to do with it except to supply lenses for it.
jerry
Douglas Nygren wrote:
> 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.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 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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