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DigitalHeMan

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I have found the same issue. A lot of sites, including overgaard.com and the wiki, are linking to dead links.

 

His site states "The website has been cleaned up and reduced in content. Some of the older articles are no longer relevant and some tests are obsolete, because the products are no longer available"

 

Some of the information is included in his various books on Leica.

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pico

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His site states "The website has been cleaned up and reduced in content. Some of the older articles are no longer relevant and some tests are obsolete, because the products are no longer available"

 

So much for his role as a historian.

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DigitalHeMan

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I find that the best source for his reviews is in his book, Leica Compendium. Not sure if it's still available but if you can borrow one, it's a great reference.

 

 

It's available digitally. I purchased it last month for 15€ or 30€ iirc

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Peter H

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Evidently a historian and a business person, as he'd rather you buy his information than get it for free.

 

Jeff

 

He gave it to us for free when it was current .

 

Now he says it's out of date and he sells it to us.

 

It's a wonderful world.

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Jeff S

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He gave it to us for free when it was current .

 

Now he says it's out of date and he sells it to us.

 

Seems like good business to me; get them hooked, then charge.

 

Maybe he'll triple his prices and offer special print editions for collectors; then he'll be in more familiar territory here.

 

Jeff

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Good thing Puts doesn't charge for articles like this. Rambling thoughts, missing text, seemingly incomplete…..I think he must have accidentally hit the 'send' button on a page draft.

 

 

 

Jeff

 

 

I think it might be a work in progress. It certainly looks longer than the first time I read it....

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As always, the car analogy is lacking. When the M3 was born in the form of the Leica IV of 1937, an independent Leica design, Porsche was laying the base for the future 911 by designing the Volkswagen, which was a straight copycat of the Tatra 77 with its tubular chassis, flat air cooled rear engine and shape. That Ledwinka design morphed into the 911.

Leica M3 was a Leitz design through and through.

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[...]Porsche was laying the base for the future 911 by designing the Volkswagen, which was a straight copycat of the Tatra 77 with its tubular chassis, flat air cooled rear engine and shape.

 

But the VW did not use a tubular chassis, no? A bit of trivia - Porsche first proposed a horizontal radial engine for what became the Bug.

 

But what do I know?

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