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From: jackh@zehntel.UUCP (jack hagerty)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: That's Japan with a capital J
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Date: Mon, 11-Feb-85 19:19:53 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 11 19:19:53 1985
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>           Cameras are an excellent analogy to the situation with autos in
> fact: Before the Japanese entered the market, the germans were building there
> same old hasselblads, the us of a was putting out tons of brownies and
> playing with the instant camera. The Japanese now are renowned for their
> optics, product reliability, and features. The camera of choice for ALL
> professionals? Why the Nikon, of course.
> 
> -- 
> Gary Benson John Fluke Mfg Co 

This reply really doesn't belong in net.auto but I'm putting it here just to
set the record straight.

1) Hasselblaad is Swedish, not German.

2) The Germans and the Swiss still make the best optics.

3) What the Japaneese have done is produce camera systems that are 70% as
   good for half the price.

4) It depends on the professional. Nikon seems to be the choice of reporters.
   Hasselblaad is the choice of medium format users while craftsmen who want
   to use small format seem to prefer Leica (Lieca?).
-- 
                    Jack Hagerty, Zehntel Automation Systems
                          ...!ihnp4!zehntel!jackh