Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/28

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Hologon
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 23:31:02 -0400

At 08:00 AM 6/27/96 +0200, Gerard Captijn wrote:

>>It seems that the Japanese optical company Kobalux (they make 2 lenses for
>the M-Leica's: 21 and 28mm) is working at a Hologon for M-Leica's.


More likely, they're working up getting their corporate rear-ends sued by
Carl Zeiss if they infringe on any patents.  The Hologon patent is still
very much alive -- and very much the property of Carl Zeiss!

Marc

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