Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Around five years ago or so, Raytheon was owned by Siemens. Roland Smith - ----- Original Message ----- From: "S Dimitrov" <sld@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Raytheon made 90mm Apo-Asph > Wait a minute, didn't Raytheon get bought out by Aerospecial? > > Slobodan Dimitrov > > > > "B. D. Colen" wrote: > > > > Raytheon? Raytheon?! Our "Leica" lenses are really Raytheon > > lenses?....Well ain't that déclassé! > > > > Sal DiMarco,Jr. wrote: > > > > > Luggers, > > > According to a very well placed source in Leica AG, one of the reasons > > > for the delay in delivering the 90mm APO-ASPH-M lens is that Raytheon in > > > making the lenses, reversed one element in the manufacturing. Apparently, > > > they did this to quite a large batch of lenses, instantly putting Leica AG a > > > year behind in delivery. > > > Happy Snaps, > > > Sal DiMarco, Jr. > > > > > > > > > > > > >