Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/20

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Subject: [Leica] thanks Tom!
From: thibault collin <tc-lnc@u-picardie.fr>
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 12:34:44 +0100

Hey Lugnuts,

Tom answered to my request about the strange M2 on Ebay.
He does know everything!
Thanks again Tom!
Thib.


At 15:03 19/02/1999 EST, you wrote:
>Thib, The strange M2 is a K-15S, it was the military version of the M2-R.
>Leica made a larger quantity of these cameras than the US Army ordered and
>when Army did not order more, it was relabelled M2-R and sold to the
>civilians. It came with a 50DR as a standard lens.
>The K15 S kit is quite rare, there were only a 1000 or so of these delivered.
>Most of them are in quite rough shape and some of them were black painted by
>painting over the chrome. The complete kit came in a case with the 35/2, 50DR.
>90/2,8 and possibly the 135/2,8 as well as a flash kit. 
>Tom A
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