Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Off topic, B&H Foton
From: "GREG A ACHENBACH" <GACHENBA@prodigy.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 05:54:19 -0700
 
The Foton was an attempt to develop a camera exclusively for night
photography (Foton = few photons).  The real importance of this item was its
famous and highly collectible lens the f0.5 Noctimax.Unfortunately, it  was
a commercial disaster as the resulting thin negatives could only be
developed in undiluted Sharpo.

Greg Achenbach

- -----Original Message-----
From: RBedw51767@aol.com <RBedw51767@aol.com>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Thursday, October 29, 1998 1:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Off topic, B&H Foton


>David:
>
>Please excuse my ignorance but what is a FOTON?
>
>Bob
>
>snip