[LRflex] Re: Invention of autofocus by Ed Todoroff, my father

  • From: Charlie Falke <chfalke@xxxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:20:58 -0500

On 11/15/2010 3:03 PM, Gary Todoroff wrote:
> On this day 50 years ago, my father, Ed Todoroff, invented autofocus
> while working on projector design as Sawyer's.
> http://northcoastphotos.com/Ed%20Todoroff%20Projector%20Auto%20Focus
>
> Gary Todoroff
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Gary,
    So many inventions aren't recognized in their time.
A friend's father had an application in for screen within
a screen fro TVs, and it went nowhere because the implementation
was too cumbersome in analog technology, and he had to let it lapse.

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