Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/17

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Subject: [Leica] Leica Geosystems vs. Leica the Camera
From: tim at KairosPhoto.com (Timothy Atherton)
Date: Tue May 17 19:48:12 2005
 
> Historians please provide the correct details.
> I recall that the other "Leica" names are from Leitz being bought 
> out or taken over by industrial optical firm named Wild. Wild 
> subsequently bought from bankruptcy company named Kern. Some of 
> us remember Kern from our Bolex movie camera days.

I have a Kern Dagor lens for 8x10

tim
Replies: Reply from pwerner at bluewin.ch (Peter Werner) ([Leica] Leica Geosystems vs. Leica the Camera)
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