Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Historians please provide the correct details. I recall that the other "Leica" names are from Leitz being bought out or taken over by industrial optical firm named Wild. Wild subsequently bought from bankruptcy company named Kern. Some of us remember Kern from our Bolex movie camera days. --- Sid > > From: John Lee <jwlee01@gmail.com> > Date: 2005/05/17 Tue PM 08:45:49 EDT > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Geosystems vs. Leica the Camera > > Mark, > > The third Leica is Leica Microsystems. They too are doing very well. > > Cheers, > John > > On 5/17/05, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: > > Leica Geosystems is in the news every day. > > I have a news alert email thing for the word "Leica". > > Every morning I get "Leica" news. > > For about a week now. It's been Leica Geosystems. A thriving company all > > unto itself into all kinds of cool stuff. > > Yesterday on the LUG I found out that if Leica Geosystems it doesn't do > > diddly for "Leica the camera", our favorite company. > > What's the third Leica? "Leica the tractor parts company" I forgot. > > > > Well I think Leica Geosystems should with all it's resources and > > influence > > try to help out it's ex second cousin making cameras. > > Maybe put some of those Geosystems into I guess not an M but an R. > > Like with the digital back when you look at all the metadata and found > > out > > which f stop you actually used and which light point area you were it it > > tells you where on the Globe you clicked off the shot. > > I'd love this. I think everybody would. > > Next to my Signature at the bottom right of each of my fine art prints > > I'd > > put the coordinates. > > And the temperature. Not color temperature. > > But temperature temperature. > > What good is a picture of a tree if you don't know if it's below > > freezing or > > not? > > > > And although the M system does not have AutoFocus Leica Geosystems should > > have a built in "LASER" beam to tell you how far the thing is away. Plus > > all > > kinds of other useful info. > > Like if you should be using a 3 wood instead of a 1 iron. > > And wind correction factor. > > > > And I think they are all set to give us a wire frame of the building we > > are > > shooting a picture of with all relevant dimensions. > > Like in La Femme Nikita. That USA network TV show I used to watch and > > every > > other show on that network I think. The USA network apparent completely > > owned and operated in Canada. Hence the name. > > > > And if any unfriendlies are lurking around in there in a red hot infrared > > video read out. Like Arnolds "Predator". > > > > A "LASER" beam which fits into a hot shoe of any camera can always come > > in > > handy. Puts a red dot on their front tooth when they smile. But you could > > use " Red-Tooth Reduction feature" built right into the software. > > It's a answer in search of a question if you ask me. > > > > Mark Rabiner > > Photography > > Portland Oregon > > http://rabinergroup.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >