Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]During World War II, the American arm of Leica, Ernst Leitz New York, was seized by the US government under the Alien Properties Act, and was administered by them. Obviously, few shipments were received from Wetzlar during the War, so Wollensak was contracted to provide LTM lenses under the Leitz brand-name. This lens is one such, and $17 is a steal: it does have some collector value. Buy it! Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!