Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My source for this was Sherry Krauter of Golden Touch Quality Camera Repairs in New York State. Well-known to American LUGgers, she was for many years on staff at Leica's Swedish agency and was factory-trained. She continues to service equipment for some of the top American photojournalists (among them, I believe, Elliot Erwitt). FYI, and if memory serves me, there is a nice photo in "Magic Moments" of HCB with an M6 and what looks like a 50/2 collapsible. The shot sure looks like some high-ranking folks from the factory showing their new model to the great one. Perhaps Solms P.R. department can tell us when this photo was taken. I know from a Montreal repairman (who lived in Paris in the 60s and 70s) that HCB was winding down, but not completely out of the game at the time you mention. He's really a painter now. A nice idea when cameras become too much of a bother.