Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc: This is a Leica outfit case not a "NRCase", rectangular, hard, olive drab leather with lid opening away from the body (as any decent camera case lid should). The store keeper said "that's what collectors pay for these things..." Jan ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall at comcast.net> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:18:27 -0400 At 06:03 PM 3/31/2009, Jan Decher wrote: >I stopped by at my camera dealer here in Burlington and he had a small >olive-drab Leitz hardcase in a glass case prized at US$599 ! It may be a >German Bundeswehr model, I am not sure. Do they really go for that much? I would have asked. I have a bunch of Leitz Never-Ready Cases but I've never paid a dime for any of them: folks just give them to me out of frustration, I guess. The IIIcK military cameras were supplied without a case of any kind. Perhaps this is a factory prototype of some sort? Leitz NRC's are normally cow-leather brown. Marc msmall at aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!