Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/17

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Subject: [Leica] Re: the first IIIg
From: raikorho at uusikaupunki.fi (Raimo K)
Date: Tue Aug 17 12:58:32 2004
References: <412238F2.5060706@cox.net> <2147483647.1092737400@dhcp-219.sql1.isc.org>

Some fake Leicas (with matched lenses) made by FED in Kharkov are supposedly
very well made but I have not seen any of those "live".
All that I have seen have been of poor quality and some very dubious
features added, like swastikas, "German" engravings and wood veneer for
vulcanite. And some with gold plating, of course.
All the best!
Raimo K
Personal photography homepage at:
http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: the first IIIg


> In my opinion a fake Leica is of equal value to the original, as long as
it is a well-made fake. A fake Leica that takes bad photographs is of course
not useful.
>
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In reply to: Message from doubs43 at cox.net (Walker Smith) ([Leica] Re: the first IIIg)
Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] Re: the first IIIg)