Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Now if you had black tape on it, they'd have KNOWN what it was! :-) > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Doug > Richardson > Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 1998 5:53 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Camera recognition > > > While on holiday a few days ago in Edinburgh, Scotland, I went into a > second-hand bookstore whose proprietor began to admire my M2. > > "I haven't seen one of these in years - is it a genuine Zeiss-made > Contax or one of the Russian copies". > > > A day earlier, and elderly gentleman had stopped me in the street and > said "That's a Leica, isn't it?" He peered at it more closely, then > shook his head. "Oh no, it's one of those Leica copies." > > Regards, > > Doug Richardson > > > >