RFF Leica Serial numbers

wjlapier, I've corrected info about your cameras in the List... And congratulations for new M7s!.. They're GREAT looking cheeks ;) If you can please try to remember who did you sell the M6, maybe you have the phone number of the new owner, or email... Try to contact him and check if he knows about the RFF...

oskar.marus, welcome aboard!.. Great to hear from Iceland!.. Nice story about your grandpa... Such storys do impress... Also mysterious number... :)
 
wjlapier, I've corrected info about your cameras in the List... And congratulations for new M7s!.. They're GREAT looking cheeks ;) If you can please try to remember who did you sell the M6, maybe you have the phone number of the new owner, or email... Try to contact him and check if he knows about the RFF...

oskar.marus, welcome aboard!.. Great to hear from Iceland!.. Nice story about your grandpa... Such storys do impress... Also mysterious number... :)

I found the email and sent him a message about this thread. I sold the M6 2-10-11.

Thanx for keeping the list. I have a IF I'll add as soon as I upload a pic with serial number.

Bill
 
nugard - I looked through the list and noticed my black M7 was correct,
but my chrome M3 DS #857976 (~1957) was not listed.
I must have forgot to send you a note.
so -this is an update request.

Thanks for keeping the list !
 
Just to keep the list accurate and up to date, I sold my Hammertone MP about 6 months ago to R. Lau, who lives in Hong Kong.
 
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Leica M3 - 884528 Eric Jenks, USA. This thing has traveled a lot more than I have. Bought from a fellow in Australia (Kryzs).

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Leica iii 314690, Eric Jenks, USA (no shot of the serial number right now). My first rangefinder. A gift from a former professor.
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Leica M6ttl .85 - 2733299, Eric Jenks, USA (no shot of the serial number right now). One of the last ones made. Third owner, but I know the history from both of the others. Purchased NOS in 2004 near Albany, NY. Shipped off to Vancouver and then brought back to the East Coast to me!
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nugard - I looked through the list and noticed my black M7 was correct,
but my chrome M3 DS #857976 (~1957) was not listed.
I must have forgot to send you a note.
so -this is an update request.

Thanks for keeping the list !

Emm... Am I missing something?.. As to me, the List is accurate to your information... And everything is listed...

Just to keep the list accurate and up to date, I sold my Hammertone MP about 6 months ago to R. Lau, who lives in Hong Kong.

Thank you for the update!.. If it's possible try to connect Mr. Lau, and suggest him to have a look at the RFF and this particular thread...

Leica M3 - 884528 Eric Jenks, USA. This thing has traveled a lot more than I have. Bought from a fellow in Australia (Kryzs).

Leica iii 314690, Eric Jenks, USA (no shot of the serial number right now). My first rangefinder. A gift from a former professor.

Leica M6ttl .85 - 2733299, Eric Jenks, USA (no shot of the serial number right now). One of the last ones made. Third owner, but I know the history from both of the others. Purchased NOS in 2004 near Albany, NY. Shipped off to Vancouver and then brought back to the East Coast to me!

Thank you for the detail info about the cameras... I'm waiting to confirm other cameras of yours...

Circa 1957. I no longer have the CV 21, but have a much more beat up collapsible Summicron instead.

Nick, please write down your info as in the example in the first post... I don't want to make a mistake... Thank you :)
 
M2 #935087 (button rewind, bought used 1967), Doug, Central Washington.
 

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M8u #3101997 (chrome: shutter, VF upgrades), Doug, Central Washington.
M8 #3107522 (black: original), Doug, Central Washington.
M9 #3836834 (black), Doug, Central Washington.
 

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It's nice of you to join us Doug!.. First M9 on the List... Yeah... ;)

PS: Your M2 was bought in 1967 or made in 1967?..
 
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...PS: Your M2 was bought in 1967 or made in 1967?..
Hi - It was made mid-1958; not the first batch of M2's made but as a button-rewind it's of the first type. I bought it used in July 1967 for $150 in a retail camera shop downtown Seattle. The M4 was at that time new on the market...
 
Hi all! Just adding my M2. Love her to death #994090 (1960)
Purchased Local (craigslist) in San Francisco, 3 weeks ago. Dont believe they were a member on here but I didnt inquire. I live In San Francisco, CA and that is where the camera is now :)

 
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M4 is #1193221 (Got my M4 two years ago from another RFF member from UK and lived with it since then :)) nahlene fromShenzhen, GD, China. (Temporarily living in Toronto, ON, Canada though. )

i just noticed... i am less than 50 away from this gentleman:
"M4 #1193258, bizarrius, Athens, Greece."

I don't have a digital camera now, so just 2 snaps w/ my old iphone.

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Hi - It was made mid-1958; not the first batch of M2's made but as a button-rewind it's of the first type. I bought it used in July 1967 for $150 in a retail camera shop downtown Seattle. The M4 was at that time new on the market...

$150... Kind of investment...:rolleyes:

Hi all! Just adding my M2. Love her to death #994090

Please write down your info as in the first post example...

M4 is #1193221 (Got my M4 two years ago from another RFF member from UK and lived with it since then :)) nahlene fromShenzhen, GD, China. (Temporarily living in Toronto, ON, Canada though. )

i just noticed... i am less than 50 away from this gentleman:
"M4 #1193258, bizarrius, Athens, Greece."

I don't have a digital camera now, so just 2 snaps w/ my old iphone.

Thank you for the detail info!.. Also, could you please check if you could remember the RFF member from whom you bought it... And I'm waiting for SN photos...

37 as SN difference... Interesting...
 
My main squeeze-es, for the record of course. Just got the Color-Skopar for the M2 so what better place to put the photo than right here!
1955 M3
1968 M2

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