Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]-----Original Message----- >From: Marc James Small <msmall@infionline.net> >There are no such tables in Erwin's book: I just checked my copy. Appendencies 7.1 Theonly comment Erwin makes about Leitz production is that the factory had >completely reconverted from military production back to civilian production >by the time the War ended in May, 1945, a point confirmed to me a decade >back by Tink Ewald, then the photographer for the US Army Engineer >battalion which captured Wetlar, and also confirmed in Emil Keller's books. > Appendencies 7.1 Read about how they started with a clean slate and serial number block for lenses, after they stopped their production in late 1944. I'm not at home right now (got the above info from the PDF version of Erwin's book), so I can't backtrack how I came to that conclusion (it's been a few years), but using the information given in his book and serialnumber lists, I concluded that my camera was made in 1945. Also, if I remember correctly the serial number on the Elmar that came with it, fits in that first batch starting at #595000. The person I bought the camera from said her father got it in Germany after the war. As far as she knew it was the only Leica he had ever owned and it sat in a drawer for a few decades, so I am assuming the lens was purchased with the camera. When I get home I'll take a look at the camera and try to remember how I came to that conclusion. >I have never heard of a monthly break-out of IIIc production and am most >curious as to your source for this. Neither have I. I based my conclusion on blocks of serial numbers and Leica starting with a clean slate at 595000, for lenses after the war. feli > >Marc > >msmall@aya.yale.edu >Cha robh b???s fir gun ghr???s fir! > >NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Feli di Giorgio feli2@earthlink.net www.elanphotos.com