Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]More than ever as regards rocketing prices ;-) Amities Philippe Le 8 d?c. 2015 ? 20:24, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> a ?crit : > I thought Leica did not participate in the US Space Program. However, we > were recently at the Space and Air Museum in DC where I saw a Leica camera > ( > too high for me to look down on it) with a "funny" external VF or meter as > it had an on/off switch, presumably for use with the face covering helmets > the Astronauts wear. > > > > The model had no RF; no VF; dual VF sockets on top, only a single PC Synch > terminal with a hole for the second; and a general look of a Ic. Nameplate > was in script, with DBP written below the logo. > > > > Lens was a black no name lens ( about 135 in length, if I were to guess) > mounted to the body with a screw mount. > > > > Had anyone known that Leica was involved in the US Space Program? > > > > I knew Zeiss (Contarex) and Hasselblad were involved... > > > > Subsequently I did a bit of research and found this... > > http://gmpphoto.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-leica-nasa-connection.html > > > > Which details some Leica activity.. And the camera I saw was a 1g.used by > John Glenn in 1962. The thing on top WAS a VF. > > Why did the VF have an on/off switch???? Maybe it was a VF/Meter combo? > > > > Read the article. If you are a Space "Nut". It is very interesting.. > > > > > > Frank Filippone > > Red735i at verizon.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information