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Re: [OM] [OT] Riddle (was "unlucky numbers?")

Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Riddle (was "unlucky numbers?")
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 09:45:15 -0800
On Wed, 06 Feb 2002 06:19, William Sommerwerck <williams@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Riddle: Why is the Pentax Spotmatic like the Holy Roman Empire? Answer: Because the Spotmatic does not have spot metering, nor does it have automatic exposure.

So are you saying the "Holy Roman Empire" also does not have spot metering
and it is not automatic?  I don't get the connection between the Spotmatic
and the "Holy Roman Empire".  Can someone explain this riddle to me?

It was not holy, it was a political entity, a kingdom. It was not Roman, it was in the area of France and Germany. It was an attempt to create something trading on the prestige of the past, sort of like Cosina calling its product a Voigtländer.
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Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California

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