Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/24

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Subject: [Leica] I just bought a film camera
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)
Date: Sun Sep 24 15:37:03 2006
References: <D091CC3A9892C64887A79582C9EF4DA4618CBF@WS-SEA-MSE2.milky-way.battelle.org> <4515BB8C.9070403@summaventures.com><006001c6df75$46f978c0$6401a8c0@xyw> <4821B2530FE05B0B5AC17940@rutabook.reid.org>

Reds broke into the Leica factory while it was under control of the Brits,
used a Soviet copy of a Minox to photograph all plans and models of a Reid
camera which is a copy of a Leica camera and went back to East Germany to
begin copying the Reid camera, which of course is a copy of a Leica camera.

Who's minding the fort?

Chris


----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] I just bought a film camera


>
> > (Owner of a genuine Reid since '84)
>
> I've reached the conclusion that mine is actually a Russian imitation of a
Reid, which makes it a Russian copy of a British copy of a Leica IIIc.
>
>
>
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