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Subject: [Leica] Invention of autofocus by Ed Todoroff, my father
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:55:13 -0500
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No, uncle t, this was the autofocus even you and i loved.
It was the projector trick that refocused a slide every time the heat of the
projector warped it out of focus
it was a wonderful invention that freed us to walk around the room rather
than hover over the machine nursing focus.
ric
On Nov 15, 2010, at 4:27 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca>
wrote:
> Even though they didn't see the wisdom of your father's engineering skills
Replies:
Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Invention of autofocus by Ed Todoroff, my father)
Reply from tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca) ([Leica] Invention of autofocus by Ed Todoroff, my father)
In reply to:
Message from lists at mcclary.net (Harrison McClary) ([Leica] 21 mm lens for M9)
Message from grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey at mchsi.com) ([Leica] 21 mm lens for M9)
Message from datamaster at northcoastphotos.com (Gary Todoroff) ([Leica] Invention of autofocus by Ed Todoroff, my father)
Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (tedgrant at shaw.ca) ([Leica] Invention of autofocus by Ed Todoroff, my father)