Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/13

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Russian "Leica"
From: raimo.m.korhonen at uusikaupunki.fi (Raimo K)
Date: Sat Jan 13 01:03:54 2007
References: <200701122340.l0CNdiGd074474@server1.waverley.reid.org><43C4A4D8-67FB-4AF8-A42E-4E1DD88096CB@optonline.net> <20070113080900.BCCB22FC2F@donald.hostspirit.ch>

The original - pre-war - fake Leicas were actually FEDs.
All the best!
Raimo K
Personal photography homepage at:
http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Didier Ludwig" <leica@screengang.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Russian "Leica"


> Larry
> They're basically Zorki-1 bodies and Industar-22 lenses with another 
> engraving. They're still refurbished and modified to be sold as Leica 
> copies with fancy colors, leathers and Wehrmacht engravings (often with 
> ridiculous orthographic mistakes). Check it for light-tightness and 
> rangefinder accuracy. The lens is, if you're lucky enough to get a good 
> sample, astonishingly sharp. Check http://tinyurl.com/y77n86  for more 
> informations about the Z-1.
> Didier
>
>
>
>>I know nothing about the Russian imitation Leicas. Can anyone
>>enlighten me? Can it actually take pictures?
>>Larry Z
>
>
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In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: Russian "Leica")
Message from leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] Re: Russian "Leica")