Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] A Pentax Nocta based on the Bessa-R. Forged ??
From: Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 19:21:04 -0400
 
Lucien jotted down the following:
 
> <http://www.geocities.com/matt_byrd/Nocta.jpg>
> 
> Why there two lever on the front ?
> The unlock button is on a strange place.
> 
> 
> Is this a fake ?
> 
> Lucien
> 

The top plate is a negative of a black Bessa-R top plate.  It's a photo
montage.  And not very well done, either.

M.

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