[Leica] Leica's revue from lens design

[leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)]

I hope they(Leica) are doing well with the name use. I'm seeing allot more 
Leicas at weddings now, the HD professional type but hey 
it's a Leica lens! Used to be nothing but Sony/Zeiss.

Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Bridge" Subject: [Leica] Leica's revue from lens design


> I'm seeing the Leica name on a lot of Panasonic lenses - most recently a
> dramatic zoom on their new HD camcorder. I'm wondering what these designs
> mean to Leica in terms of revenue. It must be valuable and certainly the
> design process must provide tool (software) infrastructure for the optical
> design of their M and R lenses.
> Does anyone have a feeling for this or is the Leica name just being branded
> to Panasonic without any in-house effort? I can't imagine that's true, but 
> .
> . .
>
> Adam