Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:28 PM 8/21/97 -0400, Tim Andrasek wrote: >I've just joined the user group and would like to know if Leica ever >made telescope and/or eyepieces. Well, the optical shop taken over by Ernst Leitz I was that of Kellner, who designed the achromatized Ramsden eyepiece which remains a mainstay of astronomical observation. For the next century and more, Leitz tried to avoid manufacturing binoculars or telescopes, even going so far as helping to establish the Hensoldt works where, today, almost all Zeiss binoculars are made (!). But the demands of the German military in the World Wars were such that Leitz bowed to the winds of change, and have made a fine series of binoculars since the 1920's. Today, Leica makes some silly things, like the Geovid binoculars, coupled with some stunningly good items, like the Televid spotting scope. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!