Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1995/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Alex, perhaps this will give you some info on your screw-mount Leica. > >I just went to the cabinet and picked up my Model E (Standard), #296703. I >have owned it for nearly 30 years. It has no rangefinder and has the 3.5 >Elmar. What I know about them is this: they were made between 1933-1940 >and carried the serial numbers between 100,000 and 360,000. Mine with the >296703 number was estimated the last time I checked with Leitz at 1936-1937. > >I hope this helps. I once had one numbered in the 170000s and it was stolen >in the 1960s. Mine was estimated at the time as being made perhaps around >1934-35. Who knows. >Fred > >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Sent via digitalNATION Online Services http://www.dn.net > Provider of Internet Access & Highspeed Web Server Services > Specializing in WWW Solutions for Commerce & Enterprise > ph:(703) 642-2800 fax: (703) 642-0516 email:info@dn.net >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Fred - Thanks for the info. The consensus among the many kind people who replied seems to be 1935 - so your estimate was on the button. I note you say you got it out of your cabinet. But do you still use it? Just as nature abhors a vacuum, old Leicas undoubtedly deteriorate with disuse. Quite a few people have said they couldn't get on with the rangefinder system on the III series. I think we're all forgetting what a major step forward this was when it was first introduced. If Cartier-Bresson was happy with his when capturing those decisive moments, who are we to argue. Mind you, he probably never bothered with the rangefinder anyway, and I note that the grand old man in a recent documentary was shown using an AF compact. I do too when I'm feeling lazy - an AF-CI which they were remaindering in London a few years ago. In any case, if you have to work a bit harder with an old camera to get outstanding results, that's all part of the fun. Slan Alex Alex Hurst Cork Florists 19 Winthrop St, Cork Republic of Ireland Tel: +353 21 270 907 Fax: +353 21 271 248 email: corkflor@iol.ie