Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: DS to SS
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 11:34:02 -0500
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At 10:47 PM 2/5/2001 -0800, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>I read that the workers in the factory all voted it the best camera they
every
>made. The one they would want.
>This was about 15 years ago.

Well, by 15 years ago, the workers who had made the M3 in either form were
almost certainly long retired.  Leitz had a large turnover in its workforce
in the later 1960's when the older guys retired and were replaced by
younger, Postwar-trained, employees.

Marc

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Replies: Reply from Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com> (Re: [Leica] Re: DS to SS)
In reply to: Message from Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> (Re: [Leica] Re: Min. focus accuracy of Leica lenses and the Hexar RF)
Message from Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> (Re: [Leica] Re: Min. focus accuracy of Leica lenses and the Hexar RF)
Message from Jeff Moore <jbm4@mindspring.com> ([Leica] DS to SS)
Message from "Gary Todoroff" <datamaster@humboldt1.com> ([Leica] Re: DS to SS)