Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/08

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Subject: [Leica] Point Reyes Light House
From: richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)
Date: Sat Oct 8 18:15:21 2005
References: <BF6D6BC9.69AA%philippe.orlent@pandora.be> <dcbe3ecc17b27cafc2fd1a612042ab71@comcast.net>
 
At 06:05 PM 10/8/2005, Eric Ladner wrote:
>On Oct 8, 2005, at 3:27 AM, Philippe Orlent wrote:
>
>>>- I believe the fresnel lens is the largest one in use at the point in the
>>>continental USA. It uses a drop weight and a gear system to rotate the
>>>whole assembly.
>
>Wonderful pictures, especially in B&W, but are you sure the old fresnel 
>system is actually in use? I thought it had been retired some time ago. 
>Isn't the active light the little unit on the rooftop in the first picture?

They run it once in a while to keep the gears working, but otherwise, the 
system is retired, replaced by GPS systems.


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In reply to: Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] Point Reyes Light House)
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