Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In message <199605191306.GAA20760@primenet.com>, "Roger L. Beamon" <beamon@primenet.com> writes >>Now I'm doing it! Can you possibly date my black M6, no 1728022? It >>doesn't actually say "Leica" on the front (apart from on the red spot, >>of course), unlike almost all the illustrations and photographs I've >>seen, which I sometimes ponder over, assuming it to be relatively >>recent. > >1987 production, which probably makes it late Wetzlar manufacture. The red >roundel on the front should say Leitz and your top should have the Leitz >engraving which was abandoned after the move to Solms and the red roundel >changed to Leica. Don't know why yours doesn't say Leica over M6 on the >front in front of the shutter release like most. Anybody know? I may be confused (or just ignorant!) but it says "LEICA CAMERA GMBH" on the back, and I got the impression somewhere that that makes it a Solms model. No Leitz engraving on top either. And I double-checked the serial number, and it is 1728022. Curiouser and curiouser. -- joe b.