Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 J and a new M camera!
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@ponyexpress.net>
Date: Thu, 05 Mar 1998 20:52:02 -0600

At 12:27 PM 3/5/98 -0500, you wrote:

>>the idiots in Solms sold the Leica engraving machine when they shut down
>>Midland, along with BLANK top plates.   the new owner has a habit of
>>turning up with M4P half frames.  who would have thought it?     perhaps
>>the most interesting part of this story is how little Solms understood
>>Leica and the importance of the engraving machine and top plates.
>>Leica deserves better.

Is there documentation for this? I really doubt it. I'd love to see a
Polish copy that looks as good as what Leica is producing.

How little Solms understood Leica?

What the heck does that mean? Leica is in Solms now. Solms is a town, not a
company. And just because they moved to Solms doesn't mean diddly. Let's
get over this loss of the Wetzlar engraving. Please.
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Eric Welch
St. Joseph, MO
http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch

Some people say that I'm superficial, but that's just on the surface.