Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I believe most Soviet Leica fakes are from decades ago -- I don't believe there are many folks making them today, if any. Almost all of these are based on the early FED bodies, bodies which have been out of production since 1958 or so. All Russars to my knowledge come from the KMZ plant. MOST Jupiters come from Zagorsk, Lytkarino, or Kazan. These plants seem to be safe bets. To decipher the plant, look to the logo -- KMZ, for instance, uses a trapezoid with an arrow through it, representing a light-ray traversing a prism. A full chart of these logos will be in my forthcoming LEICA THREAD-MOUNT LENSES, but heavens knows when this will be printed -- I'm writing this at the moment in preference to the dismal task of going over galleys and revising the index. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!