Ernst Leitz II (1 March 1871 – 15 June 1956) was a German business person and humanitarian. He was the second head of the optics company now known as...
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Ernst Leitz GmbH was a German corporation based in Wetzlar, a German centre for optics as well as an important location for the precision engineering...
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Leica Camera (redirect from Ernst Leitz Optische Werke)
binoculars, and rifle scopes. The company was founded by Ernst Leitz in 1869 (Ernst Leitz Wetzlar), in Wetzlar, Germany. The name Leica is derived from...
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mechanic Ernst Leitz I joined them; he became a partner on October 7, 1865, took over the company in 1869 and re-founded it as the Ernst Leitz GmbH. The...
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subsequently called Ur-Leica at Ernst Leitz Optische Werke (the Leitz factory) in Wetzlar. Barnack was an engineer at the Leitz company and suffered from asthma...
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Forschungsanstalt der Deutschen Reichspost (RPF). It was produced by Ernst Leitz GmbH and approximately 310 units were built. A grenadier carrying it...
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produces Leica cameras. The predecessor of the company, formerly known as Ernst Leitz GmbH, is now three companies: Leica Camera AG, Leica Geosystems AG, and...
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fourth version of the original 35 mm Leica camera to be launched from Ernst Leitz in Wetzlar, Germany. The concept was conceived by their employee Oskar...
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The Leica copies originate from the Leica camera that was launched by Ernst Leitz, Wetzlar in 1925, using the Leica 39mm screw mount of 26 threads per...
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early production M6. Features brass top and bottom plates, "Leitz" red dot logo, "ERNST LEITZ WETZLAR GERMANY" top plate engraving, M11-type abrasion-resistant...
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Walter Mandler (10 May 1922 – 21 April 2005) was a lens designer of Ernst Leitz Canada (Leica Camera) in Midland, Ontario. Mandler is credited with the...
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Tessar (redirect from Leitz Elmar)
designs Ross Xpress (Stuart & Hasselkus, 1913) Berthiot Olor (Florian, 1913) Leitz Elmar (Berek, 1920) Biotessar (Merté & Wandersleb, 1925) Improved Tessar...
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Leica Geosystems (redirect from Z/I Imaging)
with the optical firm of Ernst Leitz of Wetzlar in 1987, acquired a majority interest in Kern in 1988, was renamed Wild Leitz AG in 1989, and became part...
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1993; reprinted on pp. 231–252 from The Third Reich edited by Christian Leitz, London: Blackwell, 1999, ISBN 0-631-20700-7 Stalinism and Nazism: Dictatorships...
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Bryan Adams (redirect from Here I Am Tour)
Korea, Seoul, "Bryan Adams Exposed/Wounded", January 12 – April 14, 2024 Ernst Leitz Museum, Wetzlar, "Bryan Adams Exposed", June 26 – September 22, 2024...
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List of companies named after people (section I)
Camera, Leica Geosystems and Leica Microsystems – Ernst Leitz II (Leitz Camera) Leitz – Louis Leitz LeMond Racing Cycles – Greg LeMond Leslie – Donald...
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for a more extensive system of fully compatible cameras and lenses. Ernst Leitz Wetzlar GmbH, the cine lens business of Leica, joined the L-Mount Alliance...
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Sturmabteilung (redirect from Reserve I)
Hans-Adolf (1999). "The Structure of Nazi Foreign Policy, 1933-1945". In Leitz, Christian (ed.). The Third Reich The Essential Readings. Blackwell. pp...
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Overy, Richard (1999). "Germany, 'Domestic Crisis' and War in 1939". In Leitz, Christian (ed.). The Third Reich. Oxford: Blackwell. Perry, Matt (1999)...
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(1999). "The Structure of Nazi Foreign Policy, 1933–1945". In Christian Leitz (ed.). The Third Reich: The Essential Readings. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing...
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a leak by a former employee in the Wa Prüf 6, senior engineer Heinrich Ernst Kniepkamp and others. On 5 March 1942, Albert Speer reported that Hitler...
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long-focal-length lens assemblies was pioneered by Ernst Leitz GmbH (Leitz) after World War II. Leitz laboratories discovered that lanthanum(III) oxide...
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Rudolf Hess (category German Army personnel of World War I)
Hans-Adolf (1999). "The Structure of Nazi Foreign Policy, 1933–1945". In Leitz, Christian (ed.). The Third Reich: The Essential Readings. London: Blackwell...
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founder of Karstadt Ernst Keil (1816–1878), founder and publisher of Die Gartenlaube Carl Kellner (1826–1855), founder of Ernst Leitz GmbH, which later...
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screwmount (also known as M39) cameras developed for lens manufacturer Ernst Leitz Wetzlar by Oskar Barnack (which gave rise to very many imitations and...
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Hans Georg von Mackensen (category German Army personnel of World War I)
(1999). "The Structure of Nazi Foreign Policy, 1933-1945". In Christian Leitz (ed.). The Third Reich The Essential Readings. Blackwell. pp. 49–94. ISBN 9-780631-207009...
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Bruceploitation. Peter Lee, English miner – Peterlee, a town in County Durham. Ernst Leitz, German businessman and photographer – Leica Camera. Alfredo di Lelio...
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Ultron,: 5 a fast asymmetric double Gauss normal lens comparable to the Leitz Summicron and Zeiss Planar designs. This later was reformulated in 1968...
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