Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What is the serial #???? Chris - ----- Original Message ----- From: <KE7GMx@cs.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 12:16 PM Subject: [Leica] Help to Identify Leica > Hi Guys: I just recently bot a Leica and I' m having a problem in identifying > what it is. Ho about some help from you experts in unraveling this puzzle? > LTM camera w/50mm- f.3.5 Elmar, coated. Has Rangefinder, slow shutter speeds, > neckstrap lugs, infinity focus on rear of ViewFinder Window, engraved, "Leica > (script) D.R.P., Germany, Ernst Leitz Wetzlar", shutter speed dial has > 'lobes' on the top O.D. and also on the hub (3 lobes on top and one on Hub), > shutter speed dial has three setscrews, Regular Shutter Speed Dial has "Z" > for time and Slow Speed Dial has "T" for time, no detents on slow speed dial, > finished in "leica" satin chrome; a beautiful job!! > THe camera is almost a mint. The lens mounting flange has a few very small > specks where the chrome finish has "flaked." and the depth of field > engravings and focus distrances on the lens flanges are reversed - distances > are engrsaved on the body flange. > Is this a Leica II that has had slow speeds added, neckstrap lugs and > infinity focus to create a Leica III or IIIA? Or is it a fake Leica? > Your comments would be most welcome. Bill Carson, La Conner