[Leica] Leica in the US Space Program?

[Philippe]

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Philippe


Le 8 déc. 2015 à 20:24, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> a écrit :

> 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.
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> 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.
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> Lens was a black no name lens ( about 135 in length, if I were to guess)
> mounted to the body with a screw mount.
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> Had anyone known that Leica was involved in the US Space Program?
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> I knew Zeiss (Contarex) and Hasselblad were involved...
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> Subsequently I did a bit of research and found this...
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> http://gmpphoto.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-leica-nasa-connection.html
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> 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.  
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> Why did the VF have an on/off switch????  Maybe it was a VF/Meter combo?
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> Read the article.  If you are a Space "Nut". It is very interesting.. 
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> Frank Filippone
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> Red735i at verizon.net
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