Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/13

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Russian "Leica"
From: leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)
Date: Sat Jan 13 00:00:19 2007
References: <200701122340.l0CNdiGd074474@server1.waverley.reid.org> <43C4A4D8-67FB-4AF8-A42E-4E1DD88096CB@optonline.net>
 
At 01:50 13.01.2007, you wrote:
>I fell victim to the lure of e-bay and bought a Russian imitation  
>Leica IIIa with an "Elmar" f3.5 50mm lens. It is described as being  
>in excellent condition and the lens is described as "not bad." The  
>camera was being sold by Adorama, a firm that I have found to be  
>quite honest, so I feel that I probably wasn't being screwed too  
>badly. Besides the price was less than $100. Anything priced that low  
>with the name Leica on it has to be a bargain. The pictures show the  
>camera to be a reasonable facsimile of a pre-war Leica and has a  
>little eagle and swastika Nazi symbol on the top plate along with a  
>serial number in the 19xxxx series.
>
>I know nothing about the Russian imitation Leicas. Can anyone  
>enlighten me? Can it actually take pictures?
>
>Larry Z
>
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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: Russian "Leica")