Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]to be more exact, the ORDER for that group of cameras was 7/7/60 Stephen Gandy steve lehuray wrote: > 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 It's funny- Bob Kramer attaches an historical reference to being as old as 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... > >