Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am not talking about mass produced FEDs or Zorkis but the FED factory did produce some "serious" fakes that were intended to pass as real Leicas outside the Soviet block. But the vast majority of current fakes are based on mass produced FEDs and Zorkis. Supposedly there are one or two people who build fakes from scratch - and not only Leicas - but I have never seen one and would wager that nobody on this list has seen one, either. But Brian?s statement is correct - but these fakes are extremely rare. All the best! Raimo K personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho/ Quoting "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>: > There's a difference between serious 'fakes,' and mass produced > Eastern > Bloc knock-offs. ;-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of > Raimo K > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 3:57 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Re: the first IIIg > > > Highly unlikely - with FEDs and Zorkis used as a base. > All the best! > Raimo K > Personal photography homepage at: > http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "JCB" <jcb@visualimpressions.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 8:21 PM > Subject: [Leica] Re: Re: the first IIIg > > > > At 10:10 AM 8/17/2004, Brian Reid wrote: > > > <snip> > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ >