Leica Disto articles

A selection of the latest articles relating to our Leica DISTO ™ products:

Leica DISTO™ D8 – the most versatile laser distance meter in the world

Heerbrugg, Switzerland) 15 years of experience with hand-held laser distance meters and the latest technology are invested in the new Leica DISTO™ D8. Equipped with a digital Pointfinder, high-resolution 2.4" colour display, 360o tilt sensor and bluetooth® technology, the Leica DISTO™ D8 is a real world first and offers completely new measuring options.

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The New Leica DISTO ™ D5 = More Functions for Less

Perhaps I shouldn't advertise this too much in this litigious age where people are quick to take offence, but I worked out the height and width of my neighbour's house the other day - without leaving my office! He will also need about 5 litres of exterior emulsion to cover the 15.135 m2 of white wall in front of the house.

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Introducing the new Leica DISTO ™ D5

The Leica DISTO ™ D5 has the only high resolution 2.4" digital color Point-finder display and a 45 degree tilt sensor in the industry. These features combined with a host of calculation functions make the Leica DISTO™ D5 the best hand-held digital laser distance meter ever!

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Watch the Leica DISTO™ product demos

We have a selection of animated product demos which illustrate the use of a DISTO measuring device. These useful tutorials cover a range of measurement tasks including simple, direct measurement, calculation of area, volume and using the Pythagoras function for indirect measurement.

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Introducing the revolutionary Leica DISTO™ D3

14 years ago Leica Geosystems AG invented the first laser distance meter, the Leica DISTO™, and in doing so fundamentally revolutionised the measuring process.Today Leica DISTO™ is trusted by more than one million professionals worldwide, to help them easily, quickly and accurately measure distances.

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Leica DISTO™ Laser vs Sonic Measuring

A comparison table of the advantages of laser distance measuring when compared to sonic measurement.

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Leica DISTO™ measuring principle

Where distance measurement is concerned, quite a lot goes on behind the scenes. This article explains, in simple terms, exactly how the Leica DISTO ™ works.

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Pen and Paper a thing of the past with the new Leica DISTO™ A6

The Leica DISTO ™ A6, has been designed specifically for all those professionals who work regularly with CAD based packages.

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The Leica DISTO™ Family goes from strength to strength

Over the years their Leica DISTOT product range, has enabled more than three quarters of a million professionals worldwide, to easily, quickly and accurately measure internal and external distances.

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Leica Geosystems Swiss Technology and Quality

Whether you have to stake out a construction site perform control measurements, collect height and angle data, align concrete forms, install ceilings and partitions, lay gravity flow pipe, locate underground services or complete site preparation and earthworks – Leica Geosystems offers the right instrument for your application.

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The history of the DISTO™

The original laser distance meter

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