Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think there are loads of errors in the finish part of the Leica sales list. I would imagine that those batches that are marked are right but there are plenty of cameras which do not seem to be fakes which were perhaps one off orders and were not marked individually in the Leitz records. In addition it is sometimes unclear where the end of a batch actually is. I can't imagine that the clerk responsible for filling the ledger in was aware of the weight which would eventually be given to it. I would imagine the most important column for them was the customer column! There is an Italian Gentleman who started a spreadsheet where enthusiasts could email in with all sorts of details about their cameras, as more people add information gaps get filled and the exact serial number at which various changes are introduced become clear. It is a bit of an anorak idea but one thing I noticed is that there seem to be batches of black or coloured cameras which are not in the official records. This means either the records have errors or that fakes were often faked in batches of sequential serial numbers! At least if you fancy a black one these are cheaper because the anal collectors don't want them. Frank On 14 Dec, 2004, at 23:56, GREG LORENZO wrote: > See here: http://www.leica-camera.com/cgi-bin/overview.pl/en/sn2p > > While good it is not absolutely perfect. I have seen a chrome camera > with a serial number assigned to a black paint camera. > > Regards, > > Greg > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> > Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 4:44 pm > Subject: [Leica] What happened to the Leica link that looked up > whether a black camera was authentic? > >> What happened to the Leica link that looked up whether a black camera >> was authentic? >> >> You would enter the serial number of the camera and it would >> return what >> type of camera it was (i.e. black M2?) >> >> I can't find the "page" on the Leica.com site. Did they remove it? >> >> regards >> Vick >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >