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Posts: 10,238 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Dublin, TX, Real First Name: Stovall Camera: Leica M8/Leica X1/Canon 1DsMkIII/Canon 5DMkII/Leica M7/Leicaflex SL2/Ricoh GR-DIII Can Others Edit My Photos: No iTrader Rating: 17  LIKES Received: 1 LIKES Given: 0 | “The Leica Camera” report from 1946 by British intelligence -
02-20-2010, 04:16 AM
The full 16 pages reports can be downloaded here.
Some interesting Leica facts from 1946: - It took 33 hours to assemble a Leica III C.
- In November of 1946 Leica was producing 1100 cameras per month. Out of those 1100 units 89% were allocated to the American forces, 6% to French forces and only 5% were available for sale in Germany.
- In 1946 Leica employed 2,453 men and 428 women. In 1939 they employed nearly 5000.
- Leica lost 400 employees during the war and 300 were prisoners of war.
- Every camera was tested by taking multiple black and white photographs between 1.25 to 10 meters.
- The drawing office had 50 drawing boards.
- “The office was well organised and was scrupulously clean”.
- The standard work week was 48 hours.
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