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- From: kbb0@harvey.gte.com (Kevin Burke)
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: Re: Lecia abbrevation
- Message-ID: <6440@ceylon.gte.com>
- Date: 28 Jan 93 22:40:37 GMT
- References: <1993Jan24.011325.13024@ida.liu.se> <12430098@hpmwnpd2.sr.hp.com> <mjerosc-280193100052@mslmac.erenj.com>
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- In article <mjerosc-280193100052@mslmac.erenj.com>, mjerosc@erenj.com (Michael Jerosch-Herold) writes:
- > In article <12430098@hpmwnpd2.sr.hp.com>, allana@hpmwtd.sr.hp.com (Allan
- > Armstrong) wrote:
- > >
- > > A related question about Leica: my enlarger and lens are both marked
- > > with the inscription "E. Leitz-Wetzlar." I am told that this means that
- > > it is a Leica enlarger and lens. Why doesn't it just say "Leica?"
- > >
- > > Allan
- >
- > I assume that this is the case because the company name was really
- > Ernst Leitz and was located in Wetzlar. Leica is just a tradename?
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- Comes from:
- LEItz CAmera -> LEICA
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- - Kevin
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