Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:43 AM 7/17/96 +0100, you wrote: >seem to recall as early as the late 1950s IBM predicted that, globally, there >was a market for no more than 16 computing machines ;-) And IBM is still aquitting themselves with the same prognosticatorial skills today! My uncle, who retired from Stanford Research Institute not too long ago was in on the Navy's first computer, in the late 40s. They were much more optimistic about the future than IBM. And as far as Max Berek being such a wonderful lens designer, which he was and no one after him had to do what he had to do, don't forget Walter Mandler, of Leica's Midland, Ontario plant (former, that is). He developed some of the most amazing lenses Leica ever produced, and certainly ahead of anyone else in the 70s in his heyday. The Noctilux, the 180 Apo Telyt, 50 Summicron R, 90 Summicron R, etc. etc. It takes more than computers to make great lenses. They're good for ray tracing, but not for innovation. =================== Eric Welch Grants Pass (OR) Daily Courier NPPA Region 11 JIB chair "Hey Rocky, watch me pull a tagline out of my hat!"