ralf_lauer

<p>Dear Mr. Drawbridge, hello from Wiesbaden/Germany! For you, this article on the Finetta is, I suppose, already far from today, it's the past. But for me, it's absolutely fresh and new! I apologize for the following, but it is very hard to believe that you took these photos with a Finetta 88. Did you use a rangefinder (Watameter or...)? But, naturally, you are a serious, honest man whom I can trust. Why should you not tell the truth here? It would make no sense. I have to admit that I am extremely surprised by the quality and performance of the camera. Normally, we old stuff lovers all over the world are constantly told that only a Tessar or Elmar or Xenar can deliver good results. I can only say: Thanks a lot for your courage and talent to prove that all this silly babble is not true at all. Tessar & Co.: certainly fine, but "other mothers have pretty daughters too". And Mr. Saraber had to work under very hard conditions. Being in Munich or Stuttgart or Braunschweig or Wetzlar after WWII was rather easy, compared to the little town of Goslar where he settled down. No industry there which could help him, nothing. And Goslar was only a few kilometers away from the iron curtain! It was in a "photographic desert". If you don't know it: About two years ago, a book (in German language) was published on the Finetta cameras, the author is Heinz Veddeler and the title is: Finetta (Peter Sarabèr Kamerawerk Goslar 1948-1956), I don't know the publishers, I have seen an ad just know, a seller from Berlin offers copies for about $ 32.00 each (postage for Germany included): Mr. Dierk Ullrich, e-mail: raumbild@gmx.de. He is completely unknown to me, but I am sure he speaks English. Now I say goodbye, all the best to you and thanks again for your marvelous article on the Finetta! Kindest regards: Ralf Lauer (my neighbor is an American and many, many thousands of Americans (army members) live here and people of Wiesbaden are glad about this fact.)</p>