Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/22

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Subject: [Leica] Collectable hoods
From: jeremy.kime@bbc.co.uk
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 14:40:00 +0000
 
Dan wrote:
>I have the same version (3063xxx), and the hood is
>numbered 12539, and is marked M1/50 and M1.4/75, so presumably the hood
>fits certain versions of the F1 Noctilux.  Someone at Kindermann Canada
>mentioned to me when he saw it that the clip on hood version was a   
"minor
>collectable", whatever that means.
>
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Dan,
Unfortunately hoods have become collectable, the crasiest price I've seen   
over here is for a 50/1.2 hood (12503) on sale for œ450(UKP), too bad it   
doesn't quite seem like yours, you could buy another Leica for that   
price!

Jem