Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I saw a Canadian version in Vistek Toronto. Looks like it is screened on or painted on. It is definitely not engraved. I have a friend in the sign business and with their computer controlled devices, it would not have been that expensive to send a bunch of top plates to be properly engraved. Regards, Robert At 02:12 PM 12/6/2002 -0600, John Straus wrote: >on 12/6/02 1:34 PM, Rei Shinozuka at shino@panix.com wrote: > > > i was just in bergen county camera and rob showed me an M7 "test USA" > > camera, it has a very nice US flag up on the top deck near the rewind > > handle. apparently they were early M7s for dealers and they made 100. > > i had never heard of this. if i were getting an M7, i'd definitely > > consider it! > > > > -rei > >Rei, > >I saw a photo of the Camera" flag and text" on eBay... It looked like cheap >screening to me. I know you can't tell much from a little net photo but it >looked more fitting for a Russian Knock off to have this than something >coming from "Leica" just plain, poor looking, prop-0-ganda :O > >How does it look in person? >-- >John Straus >Chicago, IL >http://SlideOne.com >http://SlideOne.com/EditorsRoom >========================== > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html