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Subject: R: [Leica] INCREDIBLE SERIAL NUMBERS
From: "Guido Ridoli" <guirid@numerica.it>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 00:00:10 +0200

My friend
the mystery is that in july 1997 thare was a lens with serial number after I say
afer
the serial number of a lens produced in april 1998.
If this for you is normal...

Oskar where are you?
      GUIDO RIDOLI
  LEICA M SUPERFAN
    guirid@numerica.it




- -----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Charles Dunlap <cdunlap@es.UCSC.EDU>
A: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Data: domenica 21 giugno 1998 22.36
Oggetto: Re: [Leica] INCREDIBLE SERIAL NUMBERS


|>This is my strange story:
|>I've bought in july 97 a new Summicron 35/2 asph with serial number 3770995
|>and I bought in April 98 a new Tri Elmar 28-35-50/4 asph with serial number
|>3753747
|>If the production began for the Scron 35/2 asph in June 97 and for the
|>Tri-Elmar
|>in March 98, How can this is possible?
|>
|>      GUIDO RIDOLI
|>  LEICA M SUPERFAN
|>    guirid@numerica.it
|
|Subtracting the two numbers we come up with a difference of 17,248. At face
|value it seems that there are more Summicron 35/2 ASPH out there than
|Tri-Elmars. This makes sense given that the ASPH has been available longer.
|What is the mystery?
|
|-Charlie
|