Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Schofield" <tdschofield@email.msn.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 4:49 PM Subject: [Leica] Leica 0 I heard the two gnomes story also and that they would make 300/year for as long as they get orders. This from a Leica US rep. Steve Caspersen > This may be off-topic due to the absence of LUGs on the Leica 0, but does > anyone know the anticipated production numbers for the Leica 0? (And > remember, that's "0" as in mathematics, not "O" as in "boat," as my 7th > Grade math teacher would say!) > > I saw posts a while back indicating 2500, but my dealer says they got two > litlle gnomes making it in a corner of the factory, and will continue > producing them at 200/year for as long as they get orders. If the latter is > true, the collectible value could either be lower, or appreciation not to be > realized until after production ceases. > > My dealer gave me a copy of p.15 of "Identifying Leica Cameras" which > pictures the Leica 0. It states, "The model in the phoograph is one of a > very few copies of a perfect reproduction of the original made by Alberico > Arces of Treviso." Since the picture is a dead-ringer for the one in the > Leica brochure, I wonder if Leica merely bought the tooling form Mr. Arces. > If so, LUGGERS need not feel slighted about diversion of scarce resources > from new designs! > > Tom > >