Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/20

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Subject: [Leica] Leica's revue from lens design
From: philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)
Date: Sun Apr 20 14:36:18 2008
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I've got one of these - and it is real Leica - no question about that
phx


Christopher Williams wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
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