Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Right. Just don't buy it as an "investment." But then other than a very small handful of very special cameras - most of which probably are in the Sols museum, no Leica is a decent "investment." But we've been round and round on that one many times. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of JCB Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 1:22 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: [Leica] Re: Re: the first IIIg At 10:10 AM 8/17/2004, Brian Reid wrote: >In my opinion a fake Leica is of equal value to the original, as long >as >it is a well-made fake. A fake Leica that takes bad photographs is of >course not useful. If experts have some difficulty in distinguishing between real and fake, then fake must be, basically, as good as real. After all, they have perfect original specimens as models. If you look at it another way, a fake might be completely hand made. It might actually be better than the original since everything is checked, double checked, triple measured, hand finished, etc. JB _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information