Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just found a DS a couple weeks ago. It was bought new in West Berlin in 1954, number 700721, so probably production from the first month or two of the then brand new M3. There really is something special about the smooth winder stroke, and the shutter is the most quiet I have ever heard on an M. The collapsible Summicron 50 has a serial number from 1954, so it is really a sweet set-up, all in close to mint- condition. Don't worry, Jeff, I won't be converting it to a SingleStroke! Gary Todoroff Tree LUGger > 2001-02-05-18:38:10 Marc James Small: >> I want to have it converted to > > SS, so I'm waiting ... > > Nooooo! I keep watching in horror as the remaining stocks of DS M3s > dwindle through both natural tragedies and the unnatural act of > converting them to SS.