Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] PHOTOGRAPHY IS SIMPLE
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 11:15:51 -0700

m037iu00@cwcom.net wrote:
> 
> 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
> ===========================
> 
Wonder if she misses her old trusty M3?
Mark Rabiner