Re: [Leica] Oldies (ads in magazines)

[Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>]

Dan

Sorry, no Thambar in that advert picture. It was discontinued
in 1949 with ONE lens produced that year.

Jerry

Daniel Ridings wrote:

> My wife and I hate sitting around the house, so today we headed out to the
> flea markets. They're run by Albanians, refugees from Balkan, Middle East,
> Africa, you name it. They do NOT want you pointing cameras at them. They
> sell junk and drive Mercedes and BMW, go figure.
>
> Anyway, I picked up some photography magazines from the 40'ies and 50'ies.
> Just for the fun of it I scanned in some ads. They're in Swedish, but the
> texts aren't that inspiring anyway.
>
> I did find one text hilarious. It was a review of the M3 ... pointing out
> how Leica cameras really hadn't changed that much from the very inception.
> Kind of thought of BD who points out the M6 is an M3 with a meter :)
>
> Anyway ... Leica and Rollei ads:
>
> M3 and IIIf (the IIIf being billed as the leica for hobbyists ... "that's
> why it even has a self-timer now.")
>
> http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/m3iiif.jpg
>
> Just the M3:
>
> http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/m3.jpg
>
> Lenses (even the Thambar, I think):
>
> http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/leicalenses.jpg
>
> Rollei 25 year anniversary
>
> http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/rollei25years.jpg
>
> Rollei "E" models:
>
> http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/rollei28e.jpg
>
> My darling, the Rolleicord V:
>
> http://folk.uio.no/danielr/images/rolleicord5.jpg
>
> Mostly from 1954 - 1957.
>
> In 1961 you could by a new M2 + 50 Elmar 2.8 for just over 1000 Swedish
> crowns. (There are a little over 8 crowns to the USD). You could pay 15
> dollars down and the rest in installments for 6 months. The magazine cost
> 2.50 SEK back then and 38 SEK today.
>
> Just some trivia,
> Daniel

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