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Subject: [Leica] Leica Geosystems vs. Leica the Camera
From: jwlee01 at gmail.com (John Lee)
Date: Tue May 17 17:45:52 2005
References: <BEAFCE35.152C2%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Mark,

The third Leica is Leica Microsystems. They too are doing very well.

Cheers,
John

On 5/17/05, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> Leica Geosystems is in the news every day.
> I have a news alert email thing for the word "Leica".
> Every morning I get "Leica" news.
> For about a week now. It's been Leica Geosystems. A thriving company all
> unto itself into all kinds of cool stuff.
> Yesterday on the LUG I found out that if Leica Geosystems it doesn't do
> diddly for "Leica the camera", our favorite company.
> What's the third Leica? "Leica the tractor parts company" I forgot.
> 
> Well I think Leica Geosystems should with all it's resources and influence
> try to help out it's ex second cousin making cameras.
> Maybe put some of those Geosystems into I guess not an M but an R.
> Like with the digital back when you look at all the metadata and found out
> which f stop you actually used and which light point area you were it it
> tells you where on the Globe you clicked off the shot.
> I'd love this. I think everybody would.
> Next to my Signature at the bottom right of each of my fine art prints I'd
> put the coordinates.
> And the temperature. Not color temperature.
> But temperature temperature.
> What good is a picture of a tree if you don't know if it's below freezing 
> or
> not?
> 
> And although the M system does not have AutoFocus Leica Geosystems should
> have a built in "LASER" beam to tell you how far the thing is away. Plus 
> all
> kinds of other useful info.
> Like if you should be using a 3 wood instead of a 1 iron.
> And wind correction factor.
> 
> And I think they are all set to give us a wire frame of the building we are
> shooting a picture of with all relevant dimensions.
> Like in La Femme Nikita. That USA network TV show I used to watch and every
> other show on that network I think. The USA network apparent completely
> owned and operated in Canada. Hence the name.
> 
> And if any unfriendlies are lurking around in there in a red hot infrared
> video read out. Like Arnolds "Predator".
> 
> A "LASER" beam which fits into a hot shoe of any camera can always come in
> handy. Puts a red dot on their front tooth when they smile. But you could
> use " Red-Tooth Reduction feature" built right into the software.
> It's a answer in search  of a question if you ask me.
> 
> Mark Rabiner
> Photography
> Portland Oregon
> http://rabinergroup.com/
> 
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