Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/15

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Subject: [Leica] What happened to the Leica link that looked upwhetherablack camera was authentic?
From: raikorho at uusikaupunki.fi (Raimo K)
Date: Wed Dec 15 00:06:38 2004
References: <000601c4e247$5b1d51a0$e011fea9@corp.nortel.com> <9BBE68DC-4E6B-11D9-A555-0003938C439E@btinternet.com>

Yep!
And if I had a chrome Leica and decided to have it painted black, it
would not be a "fake".
All the best!
Raimo K
personal photography homepage at:
http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho/


Quoting Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com>:

> There are loads of genuine coloured cameras which are not fake and 
> which are not in the records. They are good value if you want a black
> 
> one that the most anal of collectors won't touch. Fakes to worry
> about 
> are the Luxus, original MPs and the various half frames.
> Frank
> 
> 
> On 15 Dec, 2004, at 01:42, Vick Ko wrote:
> 
> > Thanks
> >
> > The auction site is then showing a fake black M2.
> >
> > regards,
> > Vick
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org
> > [mailto:lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf
> Of
> > Robert Langjahr
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 7:53 PM
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] What happened to the Leica link that looked
> > upwhetherablack camera was authentic?
> >
> >
> > Hi Vick,
> >
> > According to Chester Sartorius "Identifying Leica Cameras"
> > The Ser. No. you gave 1054425 is not within the serial number range
> of 
> > a
> > authentic black M2. Black M2 was serial number range 1,053,101
> thru
> > 1,053,250. Serial number range 1,053,251 thru 1,054,900 regular
> chrome
> > M2.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Vick Ko" <vick.ko@sympatico.ca>
> > To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 4:07 PM
> > Subject: RE: [Leica] What happened to the Leica link that looked
> > upwhether ablack camera was authentic?
> >
> >
> > Thanks, but it no longer tells me whether it is a black or chrome
> > camera.
> >
> > For example, there is a black M2 on auction now with a serial
> number
> > 1054425. Is this an authentic black M2?
> >
> > regards,
> > Vick
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org
> > [mailto:lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf
> Of
> > Didier Ludwig
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 6:49 PM
> > To: Leica Users Group
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] What happened to the Leica link that looked
> > upwhether a black camera was authentic?
> >
> >
> > http://www.leica-camera.de/cgi-bin/overview.pl/en/snstatus
> >
> >> You would enter the serial number of the camera and it would
> return
> >> what type of camera it was (i.e. black M2?) Vick
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In reply to: Message from vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko) ([Leica] What happened to the Leica link that looked upwhetherablack camera was authentic?)
Message from Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie) ([Leica] What happened to the Leica link that looked upwhetherablack camera was authentic?)