Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Quite so but still, the Leitz name is nowhere near as recognized among layfolk today as the Zeiss name. Anyone who goes to the planetarium knows about Zeiss! Javier - --- Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Where I work, Leitz microscopes are all over the > lab. > > ...Vick > > Javier Perez wrote: > > >Howdy > >?Unlike Zeiss, Leitz doesn't have the name > recognition > >to market to the general public. How many outside > this > >list would buy a pair of Leitz sunglasses! Even if > >they were aspherical. Clearly they would have to > >become an independent lens mfg. Of course they > >wouldn't be able to make EOS lenses but they could > >release stuff on PK M42 CY FD and on Nikon for use > >with the current F5, Maybe as part of an > >interchangeable mount system or using the existing > >adaptall. No one could say anything to stop them > since > >these mounts are all on expired patents. Of course > >companies never listen to guys like me until it's > too > >late! > >Javier > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html