Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Whereas Leitz did have a windup motor (MOOLY) 12 frames per wind -- the battery operated motor for the Leica M2 was invented by the father of Don Goldberg - Norman Goldberg in 1960 in N.Y. It was a modified Leica-Vit MP baseplate with an electric motor. Leitz Wetzlar produced a prototype electric motor for the M3 but it never went into production. The very earliest and rarest electric motor was made in 1939 for the Leica Reporter, useing a cartridge holding 250 frames. Today when one does surface at an auction, it would probably be knocked- down for $25,000 to $60,000 plus commission. Marvin (Mooly) Moss ============================================================== In a message dated mm/12/98 4:53:33 PM Pacific Time, BDColen@earthlink.net writes: > > My late father - also a Leica user - used to swear that he was convinced > that the motor drive was invented by an engineer in Rochester and was then > quietly slipped to the Japanese, who then sold it back into the U.S. where > it to this day eats up enormous quantities of film manufactured > in....Rochester, N.Y. :) > > B. D. >