Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:22 PM 8/12/03 EDT, LRZeitlin@aol.com wrote: >Wollensak Optical Co. of Rochester, NY was a well respected lens maker in the >40s and 50s. They were among the first US lens manufacturers to use coatings >and made high quality press and enlarging lenses. I believe the company was >acquired by Eastman Kodak. A good trivia question among Leicaholics would be to >ask if Leica ever supplied a 127mm lens. The Wollensak lens seems to be the >one and only 35 mm camera lens of that focal length. Wollensak supplied the US Army with its excellent fire control optics during the first two-thirds of the last century. They also supplied the US Navy with a lot of their fire-control gear. This was a first-rate firm capable of producing first-rate optics. Marc msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html