Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan, According to the Leica Pocket Book, the engraving was changed from "DBP" to "GmbH" in 1954; according to the production data in the book, between 55000 and 60000 cameras with the GmbH engraving were made. Sounds like someone is just hyping his camera on ebay. Nathan Dan Post wrote: > I saw an red dial IIIf shown on eBay that purports to be RARE because it has > the "GmbH engraved on the top plate. I have one with such engraving, but > have seen many- is it that rare? was it done only on late IIIf cameras? > I was just wondering. > Thanks for any help here! > Dan - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/