Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica from my Grandfather - when was it made
From: c.blaue@bmsg.de
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 10:54:42 +0100
 
>>>>> " " == Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> writes:

     > At 11:21 AM 1/28/98 +0100, Christoph Blau wrote:
    >>  Wow, I am a lucky man: My father gave me his fathers camera, which has
    >> been his user camera for approximately 30 years.  I sent it to Leica
    >> Solms to put it in working condition again, since I
     > want to
    >> use it - perhaps with an adapted current 2.8/50 lens.
    >> 
    >> I would like to know, when it was made. It has the serial number 13916.
     > (Not a
    >> very high number! Oh boys, I am so proud of it). It has a screw mount
    >> 3.5/50 Elmar, no viewfinder. So it is probably a Standard.

     > 13916 would be a Leica A (Model I) dating from 1929, one of 16,367
     > manufactured that year.

     > I did not realize that Leica would repair an LTM camera.  I had thought
     > that Leitz ceased this in 1980.

     > Marc


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