Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/06

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M7 Stars and Stripes
From: "Rei Shinozuka" <shino@panix.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 17:32:06 -0500 (EST)

the one i saw looked pretty nicely done, but then i'm a jingoist. :-)

- -rei

> From: John Straus <Mail@SlideOne.com>
> 
> on 12/6/02 1:34 PM, Rei Shinozuka at shino@panix.com wrote:
> 
> > i was just in bergen county camera and rob showed me an M7 "test USA"
> > camera, it has a very nice US flag up on the top deck near the rewind
> > handle.  apparently they were early M7s for dealers and they made 100.
> > i had never  heard of this.  if i were getting an M7, i'd definitely
> > consider it!
> > 
> > -rei
> 
> Rei,
> 
> I saw a photo of the Camera" flag and text" on eBay... It looked like cheap
> screening to me. I know you can't tell much from a little net photo but it
> looked more fitting for a Russian Knock off to have this than something
> coming from "Leica" just plain, poor looking, prop-0-ganda :O
> 
> How does it look in person?
> -- 
> John Straus
> 

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Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey

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