Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yours is the "fat" version , but I'll leave the relative merits to someone else. You can tell by the knurled focusing ring (the thin one has a ring with evenly spaced ridges. The fat one has a "scalloped" focusing ring whose indentations alternate with flat unindented regions). You can also tell by the serial number. The thin TE came out in 1974 and has a serial number above 2663400. Yours (like mine) was made in 1965-1966. Marc Attinasi wrote: > I looked at mine, it > has serial number 2215XXX, which dates it between 1964 and 1971 (also > according to Bower's book). So, my guess is that I have the 'fat' one, > even though it is not really fat. If I could weigh it I would, but my > bathroom scale register that low ;) Also, mine is made in Canada. How > do you tell the 'fat' from the 'thin' TE, and what are the relative > merits of the two? - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html