We are completely off-topic now, but nevertheless very interesting. I found this little video, of course it's not a scientific in-depth report but it might give an idea "how to make CCDs":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cTQNjVdVf8
Unless you want to produce billions of them, you don't need a multi-billion-$-fab...
I'll agree, but isn't Dr. Kaufmann the owner and not the CEO - I'm not sure how you )English-speakers) define "CEO", I always thought these people are just managers!?
@dfarkas
I'm very excited to see Leica-lenses for cinema, one of the very few markets which seek highest quality in photographic equipment and are willing to pay the price! S-lenses even cover 65mm-film and have electronic focus/aperture control which might be very interesting! By the way, the Academy-Award-winning Panavision Primo-lenses were designed and (still are) manufactured by Leitz Canada (now Elcan).
They need to diversificate, just like Zeiss did (or Leitz before it was splitted), offering their know-how and R&D/production resources to as many independent markets as possible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cTQNjVdVf8
Unless you want to produce billions of them, you don't need a multi-billion-$-fab...
I'll agree, but isn't Dr. Kaufmann the owner and not the CEO - I'm not sure how you )English-speakers) define "CEO", I always thought these people are just managers!?
@dfarkas
I'm very excited to see Leica-lenses for cinema, one of the very few markets which seek highest quality in photographic equipment and are willing to pay the price! S-lenses even cover 65mm-film and have electronic focus/aperture control which might be very interesting! By the way, the Academy-Award-winning Panavision Primo-lenses were designed and (still are) manufactured by Leitz Canada (now Elcan).
They need to diversificate, just like Zeiss did (or Leitz before it was splitted), offering their know-how and R&D/production resources to as many independent markets as possible.