Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No way buddy, you might scratch the film. According to the company their box buffer was sick one week and they had to use a stand in.. For that matter I would not suggest putting the small box inside the large, due to the damage that might occur to the collectable surface of said small box. > > > >Malcolm McCullough wrote: > > > >>Has anyone seen the information below? Is it a hoax? > > >> > > >><http://www.f32.com/Articles/art004.htm> > > >> > > > > > > > There are more articles by the same author on the f32 website. Having >read > > them, I cannot understand why some people are saying that the Leicar is >a > > hoax - Heinz Richter is clearly someone who has close links with Leica. >How > > else could he have obtained the unretouched photographs of elves working >on > > the M5? > > > > I already have a Leicar M on order. I have been told that production has > > shifted from Zuffenhausen to Coventry (England) but the crates were >already > > printed "Made in Germany". This has nothing to do with the Leicar M >sharing > > the same cutting-edge1950's technology as the Land-Rover. Apparently the > > spin doctors ruled that German cars are too common whereas English cars > > have much more rarity value these days, unless they are Toyotas of >course. > > They are right - here in Singapore there are more BMs and Mercs than >you > > can shake a stick at. I know - I've tried. My case comes up on Tuesday. > > > > By the way, although it isn't Friday yet, I have an M6K box for sale. As > > you all know, only 100,000 M6Ks were made and most of them were shipped >in > > the correct box. Mine, however, came in a box marked "Philips Steam >Iron, > > Made in Singapore". Any offers? > > > > Regards > > Malcolm > > Singapore > > Malcom, > >I am really interested on your rare box. could you post some more specific >details about it. (e.g. how many sides it has, is the lid on the top or on >the >bottom etc.) >I am thinking of getting rid of all my Leica equipment and changing over to >box >collecting in big style. There are enormous advantages, especially storage >wise. I heard one could store a smaller box within a bigger box. Wow... >You >could also drill a small hole in to the box and put a film in to it and >you'll >have an auto focus camera. > >Regards, >Horst Schmidt > > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com