[rollei_list] Re: Re new Zeiss Ikon- a hollow construct?
- From: Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:54:34 -0500
> Hauke:
>> From: Hauke Fath <hauke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> [Jan, please do not sent HTML mail to the list. Thanks.]
> This is the frst time in 10+ years of e-mailing anybody complained
> about my sending mode.
> I am sending from an e-Mac. Are you receiving with a PC? Where do you
> change this setting?
>
>> So, pray tell me, where is this entity "Zeiss Ikon", especially in the
>> light of what Zeiss Ikon once was?
> I didn't like the "Zeiss Ikon" name choice much either. I think
> "ZM" (Zeiss M-camera) is much more honest. At least they didn't re-
> use "Contax" as did Kyocera which had even less to do with the
> original Zeiss Ikon products.
>> ...
>> Well, there is no continuity. Zeiss Ikon went bankrupt in the
>> mid-seventies, and there is not a trace of its engineering
>> potential left.
> The last sentence is rather ridiculous. Given your strict standards
> of camera company continuity, how much of the original Leitz or F&H
> company is left?
>
> All I am saying is that I am glad Zeiss Oberkochen is involved again
> in a RF camera production so they can revive their cassic designs. I
> never thought it would happen and we would be stuck with 50 year old
> CZ Contaxes, Biogons and Sonnars.
>
> I am also glad they finally do, what they (IMO) should have done 30
> years ago: offer their SLR lenses in various popular mounts, just
> like "lowly" Tokina and Tamron...
>
>> [Esoteric Leica pricing]
>> They saw a business case between Leica and the 'proletarian' C/V Bessa
>> models, and a nice opportunity to cash in on an old brand.
> They saw much more: a very enthusiastic Japanese entrepeneur with
> faith in classic designs who helped them to do a reality check when
> it comes to pricing. Smart decision! I am glad for it becasue in
> 1975 in Germany, when I and wanted to buy my first Zeiss camera
> there weren't any left to buy and the Zeiss Icarex I inherited from
> my Dad was a beast not really worthy of the Zeiss name. In 1980, I
> bought a Canon F1 (first version) which was light years ahead of
> anything Zeiss had produced since 1961 when the last Contax IIIa left
> the factory.
>
> Jan
Is this raw code?
Can't read it.
Mark William Rabiner
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