Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/31

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Subject: [Leica] LHSA Camera Serial Numbers
From: LEICAMAN56@aol.com
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 00:37:09 EDT

As many of you may have guessed, the serial numbers for the LHSA cameras are 
not sequential.  The serial numbers appear to cover a broad range.  I was 
told by Leica Solms that this is the result of current production methods at 
Leica Solms.  As the serial numbers are engraved on the shoe, if for some 
reason the shoe or the TTL electronics in it are defective, the shoe is 
trashed along with its serial number!  They do not re-engrave the serial 
number on a new shoe.  Hence the wide spread of serial numbers.
Future Leica historians will have a very difficult time making sense of the 
serial numbers assigned specific cameras.

Bill Rosauer

Replies: Reply from Stephen Gandy <Stephen@CameraQuest.com> (Re: [Leica] LHSA Camera Serial Numbers -- oh no Mr. Bill ....)