Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc- Wonderful- makes the Klein-Ikonta I just got a little more special! Of course, you told me that Rodenstock made the lens, but they aren't slouches, either- are they? Dan - ----- Original Message ----- From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 7:53 PM Subject: [Leica] Eyeglass Lenses and Camera History > At 01:34 PM 8/14/1999 -0700, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >We had a fellow on the list by the name of Zeissler (Mitch?) who told me > he had > >Zeiss glass put in his frames. > > Zeiss is one of the largest suppliers of glass eyeglass lenses in the > world. I imagine a number of folks on the List have Zeiss lenses, though > they may not know it. The former Contessa-Nettel factory, which for 19 > years was the second-largest Zeiss Ikon factory and for 27 years the > largest Zeiss Ikon plant, was converted to an eyeglass factory in '73. > > Talk about gazing at the universe through a bit of camera history! > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! >