IIRC Darren asked, why a DSLR is called *single* lens reflex camera. Just 
today I stumbled across this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_lens_reflex

Apparently the german company inventing this type of camera (or so says 
german wikipedia), Rollei, just closed down. In the end they seemed to 
make modern middle format cameras. It seems there are not many german 
companies around anymore in this business. Ok, there is Leica, but they 
are ridiculous expensive. Zeiss is mostly producing for industrial 
applications. A lot of companies around Dresden closed down. It seems all 
this industry was excelled by japanese companies. I wonder why - I mean I 
can name several excellent japanese companies (and I'm very satisfied 
with my Nikon D80) but if I would want to buy an excellent german DSLR I 
simply couldn't because no one here makes it anymore. The thing is, that 
there was a lot of optical industry and know how in germany. Did they 
simply slumber it? Anyone know why they lost?

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