Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>From what I read, Leitz continued to make Leicas throughout the war. But >they weren't finished in chrome and were mostly sold to the army. The Nazis liked to bait booby traps with them, from what a family member told me. They're now prime collector's items. I imagine there are some horrendous prints lying in the bottom drawers closets all over Germany. The first camera I ever had was a Balda my brother in law picked up from a dead Nazi in North Africa. The sand was still in it and it had a light leak that couldn't be repaired and the shutter was a mess. But it intrigued me enough to send me onto an M3, my own darkroom and innumerable Nikons unto this very day. As for digital, I can take my D70 or leave it alone, to paraphrase Groucho Marx. Bob R Bob