Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information