Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob, You can actually see what day your M3 was made by going to Stephen Gandys www.cameraquest.com site. My M2 was made on July 7, 1960. Steve Annapolis - ---------- >From: BOB KRAMER <BobKramer@COOPERCARRY.com> >To: "'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Subject: [Leica] Re: Me & My M was: Leica in Vietnam >Date: Fri, Mar 10, 2000, 10:05 AM > > Oh no, you've got it all wrong there Dan. I'm not as old as my M3... my M3 > is as *young* as I am! ;-) Judging by the serial number (800XXX), me and > my M could have been born in the same month, maybe the same day! My > visualization is of a craftsman in Wetzlar giving a final tap to my camera > with a wooden mallet while at the same time a doctor slaps me on the butt as > we are both set in motion in early 1955. > > Since I bought my camera in Durham, North Carolina, my guess is that it was > bought new by some doctor at Duke Medical Center and was handled with the > utmost of care and respect for 25 years. It *used* to be in really good > condition... I have always been too rough on my toys. > > Bob Kramer > Atlanta, GA > >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: "Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica in Vietnam >> >> >> It's funny- Bob Kramer attaches an historical reference to being as old as >> his M3! I do the same- being a bit younger than my IIIa, and a bit older >> than my IIIc! I sometimes visualize what was going one when those cameras >> were 'new', and maybe in the hands of someone who was present at an >> historical moment... >