On 11 Nov 2002 at 17:08, gfen wrote: > Is it too much to ask that Vivitar buys Leitz just so I can hear the > collective howl of a million leicaphiles?
It's Leica Camera AG now, there was a little yelp when the French Hermes International bought a great chunk a year or so back. http://www.leica-camera.com/unternehmen/presse/data/01907/index_e.html "Not for distribution in the United States of America, Canada, Australia or Japan." :-) The current boss of Cosina has apparently taken a very personal interest in the Voigtlander name and product range development and photographers feedback. He has allowed a lot of development and production to occur that a less involved boss may not have, fortunately it's all been of great benefit to the company. Great foresight, not like Pentax. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html
