Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/12

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Subject: [Leica] Leica ad in LIFE
From: salex@IDT.NET (sam alexander)
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 16:33:14 -0400 (EDT)
 
Looking through the April 18, 1938 issue of LIFE magazine (10 cents),
I spotted a LEICA advertisement on page 4. The camera pictured was
captioned: "Model G with a Leitz Xenon f1.5 Speed Lens and Rapid Winder".
But what grabbed me was a line in the copy that said: "Focusing
is automatic."
sam alexander, NYC