Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> This is a bit of a dumb (and newbie) question, but were Leica cameras > around during the second world war? Or did they arrive afterwards? For > some reason I think of the VW beetle and the Leica camera as arriving > around the same time. Am I incorrect? > thanks, > chris Leica pretty much invented the 135 (35mm) format we use today. The first Leica was produced in 1925, prototypes date back to 1911. The concept was the idea of Oskar Barnack. Patton had a Leica III. feli On May 27, 2005, at 6:21 AM, cwoods wrote: > ________________________________________________________ feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 www.elanphotos.com no archive