rlouzan
Well-known
Rayt
Nonplayer Character
Nice camera! Any Korean members here can elaborate on the significance of the hand and apparently some missing digits?
kipkeston
Well-known
i like that summicron!
rlouzan
Well-known
naos
23 Skidoo
I'm not sure about the weird handprint, but the chinese writing next to it says: "Tae Han Min Gook" which means "Republic of Korea".
naos
23 Skidoo
I talked to my Leica dealer in Korea and was told the hand print is of An Jung Geun; a famous Korean independence fighter. More pics can be seen here:
http://www.leicaclub.net/forums/showthread.php?p=80627#post80627
Info on An Jung Geun: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Jung-geun
http://www.leicaclub.net/forums/showthread.php?p=80627#post80627
Info on An Jung Geun: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Jung-geun
rlouzan
Well-known
The most beautiful camera I have seen.
Tuolumne
Veteran
Almost seems like a reasonable price by today's standards. I have a 50th anniversary Leica M4-P engraved with matching 50mm Summicron lens somewhere around here.
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RdEoSg
Well-known
Soooo.. why does a camera celebrating Korea write Republic of Korea in Chinese on the top of it?!?!?!
Or did you mean it says that in Korean?
ClaremontPhoto
Jon Claremont
Isn't it so easy to lose these things?
I have a month-old bread roll somewhere under the kitchen table also.
rlouzan
Well-known
ClaremontPhoto
Jon Claremont
If you find your M4-P then I'll find my bread roll.
rlouzan
Well-known
Jon,
I´m not Tuolumne, and my black M4-P is next to me - now find that bread roll.
Regards,
RLouzan
I´m not Tuolumne, and my black M4-P is next to me - now find that bread roll.
Regards,
RLouzan
ClaremontPhoto
Jon Claremont
I found the bread roll.
It's well 'brassed'.
It's well 'brassed'.
naos
23 Skidoo
In the old days, only aristocrats could read and write in Korea using Chinese. The actual written Korean characters (Hanguel) didn't come along until the Joseon Dynasty created by Sejeong. Chinese characters are used because that's how it was written back then.
Chinese characters used today in newspaper headlines and when writing ones name on official documents amongst other things.
Even the Japanese use Chinese Characters (Kanji) in their writing system.
If I were in charge, I would have used the Korean spelling......
RdEoSg
Well-known
Ah now it makes sense! I by no means can read chinese or korean, though I do have some chinese tattooed to my leg but thats another story, but usually you an tell the difference between the languages anyways. Korean has a different look to it and this didn't look korean to me either!
I didn't know that chinese was used in other langauges.
I didn't know that chinese was used in other langauges.
Rayt
Nonplayer Character
In the ancient days Korean was a spoken, not a written language. The Korean written language was developed (correct me if I am wrong) around 800 years ago. Same for Japan. This is not unusual.
shimo-kitasnap
everything is temporary..
I've always wanted to try and learn it. I took Japanese in college and found the 3 different forms of written language difficult to remember. I heard Korean is all one phonetical system, with some Chinese charecters but they aren't used as much as in Japanese whcih use them almost all the time unless talking about foreign things.
kemal_mumcu
Well-known
What's with the 35 asph? I like the lines actually. It seems more retro somehow. Is this a specially designed lens for the camera?
rlouzan
Well-known
No, LEICA MP 0.72 LHSA 1968-2003 Gray Hammertone kit. The exterior is similar to the 35mm Summicron-m V.1
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