Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>post-discontinuance black M4s-if they exist at all. I ask because when I >bought my M4 in '74 or '75 I was told that my camera was "one of those." >I've used it almost every day since then and don't regret the "sacrilege," >but wonder about the truth of what I was told. Robert, Leitz Germany really stop making M-4 Chrom in 1971, and it was because a production line for military M-4 was made in Canada, that Leitz had the possibility to revive the M4 in black chrome all made in Canada .(According to several publications about the Leica) - -4.070 with the engraving Leitz Wetzlar including 1400 - 50th anniversary 1380001-1381650 1974 1384001-1384600 1974 1413351-1415000 1975 1443001-1443170 1975 - -1750 with the engraving Leitz Midland Canada including 350 - 50th anniversary 1381651-1382600 1974 1412551-1413350 1975 Lucien