Beginning Of The End for TeleVue?

I'm just saying that I wouldn't want to be the most expensive company
in astronomy right now....

I'd like to point out that in the "50s, thats right 1950, a similar
situation existed. The premier cameras were the German Lica and Kodak's
Retina. Then came the Japanese cameras like Nikon, Cannon, etc. Read the
Popular Photography magazines of the time. According to them these wher junk.
Their lenses were equated to the bottom of soda bottles (when they were made
from glass). Wheres the camera market now. Who among this group ever heard of
the Lica, Retina, or the Speed Graphic for that matter. Thats what I see
happening in the Astronomy market. Price is coming down and quality going up.
Thats the way of market growth.

Who among this group ever heard of
the Lica,

Me!...and that's L_e_ica... ;-)

And how come you didn't mention Rollei?

:-)



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Rod Mollise
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"Rod Mollise" wrote

And how come you didn't mention Rollei?

Wasn't he a pitcher for the Oakland A's? Oh, sorry - that was Rollie....

And Canon, not Cannon. I stopped reading once I saw these errors.
Bill Meyers

Rod Mollise wrote:


Me!...and that's L_e_ica... ;-)

And how come you didn't mention Rollei?

:-)

.. Who among this group ever heard
of the Lica, Retina, or the Speed Graphic for that matter. Thats what I see
happening in the Astronomy market. Price is coming down and quality going
up.
Thats the way of market growth.


Never heard of Lica. Leica however is a company that produces some fine
eyepieces and spotting scopes and some cameras as well...

A bit pricy for many of us but they do seem to be in the market place...

http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?o...rY=Cameras% 2
0%26%20Lenses&searchinfo=leica&comparison=wa


I think one can hope that the Chinese products will go the way the Japanese did
but it is too soon to really tell.

jon