Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>DonjR43198 >>>>>> >Unfortunately, Solms Leica could not duplicate the M-3 at any price. They no >longer have the craftsmen and craftswomen who can do the precision work needed to duplicate the M-2, M-3 and M-4 cameras. It would be like asking >the Ford assembly line to manufacture a Rolls Royce. I see the politically correct "craftsmen and craftswomen" but its unhistoric as, sorry, you can be pretty sure there were no craftswoman at Leitz when they were making the M3. Indeed, I would suprised if there were any now. Back in 1970, I managed a VW imoport operation in Thailand and we had woman mechanics in many of our dealers. There were several features on this in the VW in-house magazine because the idea of a woman car mechanic was a novelty fot the Germans, as hardly any German would havr trusted his beloved car to a woman mechanic. - --Mitch