Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A good friend of mine is back from China with a RF camera which was sold as a Leica (it's engraved so ...). In fact the camera looks like a Leica II - serial number 2570** (according to Cameraquest it's a IIIa from 1937 but my friend's one has only one speed dial) gold (or patent brass) with very few scratches for a 65 year old camera. The shutter is very noisy and hard to release compared to my IIf. The lens is a classical Elmar 50/3.5 (gold too !!!) serial 639125** with the old serie of figures (3.5 - 4.5 - 6.3 and so on). My friend is very happy with his first journey in China and his new camera but is it a Leica or a fake ?? I never heard about pre war gold II with gold Elmar. And if it's a fake how can I break the news to him? TIA Bernard bernard.degaute@skynet.be - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html