Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug- maybe E. Puts knows? Stasys On Apr 25, 2008, at 7:48 AM, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote: > Jim Nichols <jhnichols@bellsouth.net> wrote: > >> Surely the Leica optical guys had access to >> this same technology for precise computations. > > IIRC Leitz and in particular Leitz Canada was among the first if not > the > first to use computers in lens design. I'm relying on memory here but > I > believe that Leitz started using electronic computing devices (by > whatever > name) in the 1950s. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft? Windows? and Linux web and > application > hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >