[rollei_list] Re: Grossly OT: California and Politics

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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