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TimF · 01/07/07, 10:51 PM

Not the classic engraving though. That original style, ie. (and with apologies for very approximate appearance!)

Leica
DBP
Ernst Leitz GMBH
Wetzlar Germany

seems to have ceased with the M4. The M5 has just Leitz, Wetzlar Germany (in three lines), and the M4-2 and M4-P have just Leitz on the top. All of these from the M5 on also have Leica and the model number on the front. The M6 has nothing at all on the top in both 'classic' and TTL versions (excluding special editions of course), as does the M7.

Even the MP is poverty stricken in this regard. The prototype versions had, in addition to the top plate Leica script, the Leica Camera Made in Germany text on the top. Production versions had this relegated to the rear for some reason. I guess a rough approximation of the original can be done in a la carte.

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TimF Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 01/25/03 Posts: 337	Re: Leica engraving Not the classic engraving though. That original style, ie. (and with apologies for very approximate appearance!) Leica DBP Ernst Leitz GMBH Wetzlar Germany seems to have ceased with the M4. The M5 has just Leitz, Wetzlar Germany (in three lines), and the M4-2 and M4-P have just Leitz on the top. All of these from the M5 on also have Leica and the model number on the front. The M6 has nothing at all on the top in both 'classic' and TTL versions (excluding special editions of course), as does the M7. Even the MP is poverty stricken in this regard. The prototype versions had, in addition to the top plate Leica script, the Leica Camera Made in Germany text on the top. Production versions had this relegated to the rear for some reason. I guess a rough approximation of the original can be done in a la carte.