Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The rare glass element is only available in another solar system, far, far away. The only reason Leitz got some in the first place is that a meteorite had fallen directly on the factory. Hitler's post war plan for the V2 rocket was to explore the universe for rare optical elements that would keep the German optics industry in a leadership position for 1000 years. But as we know, that was not to be.....Arthur