[Leica] Re: Canon, Leica and German goods

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Not to sure about that Javier,
If I remember rightly, Leica, Schott and co still have some pretty 
secret glass mixtures on the stove, I believe they are also front 
runners in the production of cast (moulded) asphericals too, add this to 
their custom built design/QA/QC equipment and their lens 
grinding/polishing equipment with tolerances measured in angstrom units, 
there does seem to be quite a bit of stuff worth having.
I see Canon digitals (SLR) with Leica glass in Leica barreled/Canon AF 
mounts (replacing the L series), a hybrid Leica/Canon dual range of RFs 
(digital and film with common components i.e. modular guts) possibly 
with lower priced entry models under the Canon banner, and the death of 
the Leica SLRs as we know them.  And the selling off of the Sport Optics 
Division to ???????? (Swarovski in Austria perhaps).
Douglas
Sitting here, just taking a break from translating VWs coming 
merchandising catalogue, and
a lover of just about everything German (including my wife and son - 
Posy, the cat, is a Somali, but I love her too)

Javier Perez wrote:

>
> Lastly, I doubt Canon needs any optical patents from Leica. Leica is 
> able to produce the lenses they do by taking carefully thought out, 
> often even conservativve designs and being extremely nitpickey about 
> the glass they use and the tolerances they hold. Nothing patentable 
> there!
> Javier