Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, 05 February 2001, John Hudson wrote: > > I wonder if the lenses themselves are marked "Made in Portugal"? One of > the R series bodies was made in Portugal and "Made in Portugal" was > inscribed on the body in almost microscopic writing. Was it the R3? I > guess it doesn't sound as good as "Made in Germany" which is surely what > Leitz wants the world to believe. Perhaps the only exception to this was > in respect of the Leitz Canada lenses. > > jh My R4sP has "LEITZ WETZLAR" on the baseplate and "made in Portual" stamped almost invisibly on the back's covering material. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/