Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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