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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: The Family Photographer
From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 16:11:46 -0600
Jan, Philippe raised a valid question, and set me to searching for more info.  In that period, my eyesight was changing, and I was looking for a replacement for my Leica rangefinder.  I tried several used cameras, including East German products and, as it turns out, a Petri from Japan.  It turns out this was the Petri, which I used for a while.

You are right, though.  Things really have changed.  Zenith is gone.  My first computer at work was a Zenith.  The USAF bought a bunch of their 286s.

On 12/19/20 2:47 PM, Jan Steinman wrote:
From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I believe it to be a Praktika SLR
That was going to be my guess! I had one of those! It had an adhesive-backed plate that said 
"SEARS" over the Praktika label that I pried off. The bottom said, "Made in Occupied 
Germany."

We also had a Zenith TV. They eschewed early printed circuit boards, and were advertised 
as "hand-built quality."

My, how things have changed...

:::: As energy supplies peak, the model of economic development that depends on 
perpetual growth, increased consumption of fossil fuels and other resources will no 
longer be viable and will have to be abandoned. -- Pat Murphy 
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:::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::

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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

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