Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It just appears that Leitz goes back as far as Zeiss. The first camera lens most people think goes to Zeiss. Microscopes and such are not my interest only that a company who does one seems to also do ok at doing the other. On 3/21/15 6:26 PM, "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > ?? Rather than: > > "Carl Zeiss is a German manufacturer of optical systems, industrial > measurements and medical devices, founded in Jena, Germany in 1846 by > optician > Carl Zeiss. Together with Ernst Abbe (joined 1866) and Otto Schott (joined > 1884) they built a base for modern optics and manufacturing." > > john > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Rabiner > > "In 1849, Karl Kellner founded the Optical Institute in Wetzlar, Germany. > Telescopes were the original emphasis, but within a few years microscopes > took > over as the main product. The company hired a very capable engineer named > Ernst Leitz in 1865, who soon became a partner. Leitz took over the > company in > 1869 and renamed it Optical Institute of Ernst Leitz. " > > > On 3/21/15 5:26 PM, "Chris Crawford" <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> > wrote: > >> Zeiss is far older than that. The company was founded in the 1850s to >> make eyeglasses and microscopes. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/