Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adrian etal - Actually the Wetzlar Leitz Acadamie did once require the senior students to make & assemble by hand a replica of either the UR or the null series camera in order to graduate. Many of these have been on the open market for years and were sold for between $1,000 & $2,000 each. I personally own about 6 Leica IA cameras that were made in 1927 to 1932. Jeremy Kime can vouch for that since he has seen part of my collection that I have been actually taking pictures with for many years. I have separate range finders but enjoy judging the distance myself. There also have been quite a few working and non-working replicas that were made in Italy & show up on eBay ever so often. I once owned a Los Angeles made fiberglass bodied 1956 Porsche 356a Speedster with a VW engine that was fun to drive for a while. One thing for sure about Email is that there will always be people who have their own interpretations of what you write & not what you meant. Mary Grace apbbeijing@yahoo.com writes: > > I understand that many of the special products such as cut-away camera and > the Ur Leica replica were projects for apprentices at the factory: beats > drilling holes in sheet metal, I suppose. The O Leica is likely a similar > project which does much to draw attention to Leica's prime asset: its > history. >