Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi, Jem....I have an M-4 that begins with 2345xxx.....don't remember the rest, but that's kinda neat... Walt On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Jeremy Kime wrote: > I have a lens (can't remember whether it's my 35 or 50/1.4) who's serial > number is 2345673. I keep wanting to have the 3 re-engraved into an 8 to > make the numbers special! > Not really, but I did read some years ago about the English collector, Jack > Newton who persuaded Leitz to sell him the very camera and lens which bore > those numbers, (i.e. 2345678). > there's dedication for you... > > Jem > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Rabiner [SMTP:mrabiner@concentric.net] > > Sent: Sunday, July 25, 1999 5:26 AM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] tape? > > > > ><snip> > > > > did someone file off the serial number? it is also a slightly > > > >lighter color, as though someone perhaps repainted it, though i would > > > >think painstakingly. > > ><snip> > > Any respectable crook would have just changed the 1's to 7's. > > Mark :-) Rabiner >