Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: History of the Dot?
From: Lucien <director@ubi.edu>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 17:00:00 +0200
References: <B72AAA41.265B%douglas@dysmedia.com>
 
Douglas Cooper wrote:
> 
> A friend of mine is writing a novel, for which he needs details regarding
> War-time Leicas.  He was wondering if the red dot trademark had been
> introduced by then.  Now, I'm *pretty* sure that it was introduced with the
> M3, but not sure enough to introduce a mistake into his novel.  Were there
> in fact Leicas with red dots in the forties?

Douglas,

Leica R:
In 1976 on the R3

Leica M:
1977-78 on the first hundred M4-2 and then on all the M4-P (1981).

Lucien
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