Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Leica M's through the M4 and, perhaps, the M4-2 had a wax coating OVER the top screw on the lens mounting ring. This was sealed at the factory with a stamped 'L'; as the seal had to be broken to repair the camera, this was a quick way of spotting a camera which had been worked on. There were other letters used when an authorized Leica service center repaired the camera -- I believe Canada used a 'C' and New York an 'A', but I'm too tired at the moment to look it up. It amazes me that, while this is well known and while Leica fakes crop up with rather sickening regularity, no one seems to have been suspected of replacing this 'L' seal, which would be a matter of supreme simplicity. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!