Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>> Yesterday I did buy an M3 double stroke with serial number 917174. >> But considering Ben W. Holmes mail it should be single stroke... >> >> Consider that the serial numbers were "allocated" for given years and products. There are, in most cases, variations in the features within a given batch of cameras. The guide books are simply that - guide books. It is possible that DS cameras were made after the SS production had begun, or that it was a lapse in the numbering system used at that time. Regards, Ben W. Holmes Boulder, CO USA bholmes@frii.com