Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:21 PM 4/27/98 +0100, Nick Hunter wrote: >For a long time Leica used five-letter codes as catalog "numbers". Around >1960, they switched to the more boring six-digit numbers now in use. Well, the code words were common to many camera and optical companies -- Zeiss had one set, Leitz another, Franke & Heidecke yet another, and even Hasselblad had one in the middle 1950's. These were intended to shorten orders telegraphed in from the field -- send in the code word, get charged for one word! Leitz adopted a catalogue number system prior to World War II, but the advent of the War delayed its introduction. So they reinvented the system after the War. And, this being Leitz, the numbers are NOT compatible! Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!