Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica ad in LIFE
From: "Steven L. Alexander" <alexpix@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 17:41:54 -0500
 
>Looking through the April 18, 1938 issue of LIFE magazine (10 cents),
>I spotted a LEICA advertisement on page 4. The camera pictured was
>captioned: "Model G with a Leitz Xenon f1.5 Speed Lens and Rapid Winder".
>But what grabbed me was a line in the copy that said: "Focusing
>is automatic."
>sam alexander, NYC
>
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