Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Queen was presented with her M6 by Uli Hintner, the present M.D. of Leica UK. He spent a pleasant half hour with her talking about the camera and photography, he said she was very knowledgable on the subject. I suppose that means 'more than you'd expect a queen to be'! It was presented on the occassion of her 60th birthday (when there were some British postage stamps issued showing her with her M3) and it was this that triggered the thought that perhaps she might appreciate a newer camera as a birthday present. Of course it was specially engraved for her and packaged in a little more than the, admittedly, award winning card packaging in use now. Uli recalls it as one of the highlights of his Leica carreer in an interview from the forthcoming 'Leica Postal Portfolio News' (issue 86) hitting your desks in June! Jem =========================== A.H.SCHMIDT wrote: > > >She actally now uses a M6 setup given to her by Leitz on one of her last > > visits to Germany. (they never payn for anything, dont they?) The reason was > > another press fotog who wondered what a strange camera she used. (The original > > M3. Given to her by Leitz). When Leitz heard about this, they made sure she > > was presented with an M6.