Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:58 PM 06-08-97 -0400, Marc wrote: >At 02:36 PM 8/6/97 -0400, Ken Wilcox, man of note and import, wrote: >>Marc-do you have a serial # brakedown on 1st v. 2nd version? > > >Not at the office, alas. The break-point may have been in '63, but my >memory is a bit hazy. Roy Moss is the source on this: he and I differ a >LOT on style, but he does know, and love, the DR lens. There may be a way to visually see the difference. My DR was built in the last year of production (1968), and the words "Leitz Wetzlar" engraved on the eyes are NOT enclosed by a 6-sided engraved polygon. Older DRs seem to have this additional engraving on the eyes. A previous post a few months ago mentioned that each version of the eyes could only mount onto its matched lens. I wonder if this corresponds to the difference Marc is referring to. Dan C.