P3D Re: Kodak vs Realist vs ?????

[John Gaasland <kayak@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks Paul, John.

Paul Talbot wrote:

> Re: John Gaasland wonders why the Realist 45 is also called an
> Ilocal II?  Because they were roughly the same camera.  ;)
>
> The Realist 45 was not made by David White Co., it was made by
> Iloca, and marketed by David White as the Realist 45.  I don't
> know the details well enough to recite them (check the archives
> if you really need them), but David White needed a less expensive
> Realist model to compete in the burgeoning low-priced segment of
> the market.  Instead of designing and building it themselves, they
> had Iloca, a German company, do it for them.
>
> Paul Talbot




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