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Re: [OM] Oly OM System

Subject: Re: [OM] Oly OM System
From: "Paul D. Farrar" <farrar@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 18:53:34 -0500
At 03:37 PM 9/25/98 -0400, Denton wrote:
>>>Leica has a big business in other areas. They, like Olympus, are a major 
>manufacturer of research and medical microscopes, including electron
>microscopes, which I don't believe Oly does. They are big in surveying
>instruments, and do navigation equipment also. Also military equipment
>(the geovid binoculars are a spinoff from that). I'm sure a lot of other
>stuff,
>too.>>
>
>Are you sure about that? I thought Leica, the camera and binocular company,
>was spun off from Leitz, the parent company, a few years ago. There is even
>a Leica M6 collectible that comes with a stock certificate...

Maybe so. It has happened with other well-known names, like Victor and
Philips. Whoever makes the binoculars does do a good military business,
though.

Paul


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