On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:18:07 +0100, Jens Bladt wrote: >Rebadged Chinons - in the GDR (German Democratic Republic) in the fifties? >Come on! I seriously doubt it!
Well, I don't know about the fifties, but "Porst" is a relatively well known and widespread chain of photo stores that carry the 'cheaper' brands including a lot of rebadged stuff. All the ones I know off are located it what used to be WESTERN Germany, not the former DDR. I think they did/do mail-order as well. They did have Practica's (maybe rebadged) and they certainly had rebadged stuff from the far east like Chinon. Regards, JvW ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery
