[Leica] Wetzlar visit

[Don Dory]

Possibly from the most photographed spot in Wetzler.  Did you have a chance
to visit the Leica shop; they have had some of the most collectible and
interesting odd bits of Leica around?

On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 4:23 PM Ken Iisaka <ken at iisaka.com> wrote:

> I was on a road trip around Germany and visited Wetzlar last week. Stayed
> at the "Ernst Leitz Wetzlar" hotel in the Leitz Park complex, ate breakfast
> at "Oskar's", had a tour of the museum and the factory and strolled around
> Wetzlar.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/kiisaka/europe2023/IMG_5069.jpeg.html
>
> The older former Leitz complex is now occupied by Leica Microsystems, on
> Ernst Leitz Strasse, while there really seems to be no sign of Leitz/Leica
> left in the neighboring Solms any more.
>
> I was a little surprised to see that Zeiss had a significant presence in
> Wetzlar as well. The Carl Zeiss Wetzlar was formerly the Moritz Hensoldt,
> and continues to produce binoculars and other scopes.
>
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