Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Stephen, And to really nail it down, M2s #1005 253, one of 250 black M2's. Steve Annapolis - ---------- >From: Stephen Gandy <leicanikon@earthlink.net> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Me & My M was: Leica in Vietnam >Date: Fri, Mar 10, 2000, 2:19 PM > > 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 It's funny- Bob Kramer attaches an historical reference to being as old as 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... >> > >