Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/08/14

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: Alpa (Off Topic)
From: Chuck Warman <cwarman@wf.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 20:54:12 -0500
 

>> The manufacturer was Kern of Switzerland (late Kern, now somewhere in 
>> the Leica conglomerate). They were known for precision instruments 
>> for surveyors.
>
>Last off-topic note: the current Alpa will be made by the Swiss 
>company Seitz, famous for their panorama cameras.
>
Seitz, I presume, is different from Heitz, which is different from Leitz.

Chuck
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Chuck Warman
cwarman@wf.net   (Wichita Falls, TX)
"The abdication of Belief / makes the Behavior small."
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