Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Forgotten thread?
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 18:14:37 -0800

"Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" wrote:
> 
> You left out the thread about the use of an Leica SL2 captured along with an
> American U-2 plane by the Soviets several years ago.  Apparently while
> photographing the terrain, the reflections off the special Lietz glass was
> noticed by the Soviets who promptly captured the plane. The Soviets then
> forced him to use non-Leica gear until he finally broke down and confessed
> he once owned a Ni**n camera.  They eventually exchanged him and the U2
> plane for a Leica M3 and R6.2 with several Leica lenses.  All agreed it was
> a fair trade. (I better use a few ;-] :-))
snip
 
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