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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, October 7, 1958

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 7, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Model of camera sales talks two servicemen from Berlin come listen to Spiel by manufacturers c jail Gie Many new 120 single Lens reflex 4 at photo Kina have protested that the have scattered and hidden them away to various not explained a spokesman for the japanese have Only exhibited during the list two shows and All the Choice locations have Long been held by original the bitterness Between the germans and Japan face erupted into an unfair petition suit now pending in new it hut been started by Franke and Hei of the Rolle flex against the of yeah la a japanese firm for allegedly copying the my Kollei the test Case is being watched carefully by West German camera manufacturers who have Long complained that the Japan Ese have been making cheap copies of their giant of the West German photo Industry and largest exhibitor in photo is now Selling its cameras and photo supplies under its Trade name in untied states for the first time since Pearl the assets of its Parent Gen eral had been seized As enemy property during the War and the Legal entanglement has been unravelled in Washington Only meanwhile Aga has another suit on its hands against its namesake in communist East when Germany Wax Gafas film factory was in East since the trademark was registered in West Aga has won every suit in the United states restrain ing distributors of us East German name Sake from using the Aga the East zone display at photo Kina still has a stand exhibiting the original and genuine Aga probably because of production diff Cui photos by Lloyd Burguss the East zone cameras have not gone on the automation band not Many have Builtin Light at this years show they have dropped the name of Carl Zeig on their a spokesman for Carl Zeiss of West Germany explained our factory was in now in communist after the War the russians dismantled what was left of our factory and took All our machinery to the soviet a but a few of our skilled technicians came to the there was no More Carl Zeiss of when the factory was rebuilt by the they took the old name but it is Only a like Carl Zeiss managed to win Legal Battles throughout the free world restraining distributors of the East Ger Man factory from using the lenses from the soviet zone either have or Jena on most of their Export besides being the biggest photo Kina show since it started Back in Ger Man manufacturers have Learned that a pretty girl will draw More of a crowd than a polished telephoto of the customer happens to be a professional photographer who wants to know More technical she can turn him Over to a factory although automation will be a Delight to the Amateur next professional photographers Are still sadly searching for the perfect camera with such feat ures As a perfect zoo Type solar Batter operated exposure Auto Matic drop in loader and other the stars and stripes photographer covering the show summed up his idea for the Al purpose it will be so automatic that All you will have to do is take it out of the Case and go on out and get me a picture and hurry the stars and stripes West Germany president Heuss at  
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