The good cameras from the east were developed in spite of our overlords, not because of them. PJNebergall On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:56:35 -0400 "dnygr" <dnygr@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > >___________________________________________________________ > >Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide > with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > >--- > >Rollei List > > > >- Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >- Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > >in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > > >- Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > >'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > > >- Online, searchable archives are available at > >http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at http://www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list