Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/29

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Subject: [Leica] Fedka - now Tessar as Elmar
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Sun Jan 29 06:00:27 2006
References: <012920060127.3772.43DC1A0700065E7C00000EBC21603760210109020E999C9F@att.net> <a2f8f4470601282313o6346a833j567ad46a0f8c1ed2@mail.gmail.com> <4EF8567B-C617-4068-92B1-37A9ECE5121C@btinternet.com> <001c01c624d5$78588920$56e74142@D1S9FY41>
 
No, there was something else going on as the Elmar was introduced after the
Zeiss patents had expired.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 1/29/06, Seth Rosner <sethrosner@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
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> Frank wrote:
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> > My heretical view is that the Elmar was a sneaky Tessar -
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> It ain't heretical. The Elmar WAS a Leitz Tessar design. I'm not sure but
> I
> believe that Berek acknowledged such.
>
> Seth
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In reply to: Message from pswango at att.net (pswango@att.net) ([Leica] Fedka)
Message from dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] Fedka)
Message from Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie) ([Leica] Fedka)
Message from sethrosner at nycap.rr.com (Seth Rosner) ([Leica] Fedka - now Tessar as Elmar)