alexwmcheung Posted January 23, 2016 Share #1 Â Posted January 23, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pecole Posted January 23, 2016 Share #2 Â Posted January 23, 2016 What a marvel! Aahh, these two red dots on the rewind button....The only regret : why does the DDD-signed model wear the "Leica Camera AG" engraving instead of the good old "Ernst Leitz Wetzlar GmbH" one? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moritz Posted January 23, 2016 Share #3 Â Posted January 23, 2016 Hi Alex, Â wow! Two beauties! Some parts look new other do look old, like the old Leivavit, the old Summilux (the one in the background), etc. Could you tell us about the circumstances of the set. Â Best Regards, Â Moritz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckrider Posted January 23, 2016 Share #4 Â Posted January 23, 2016 What a marvel! Aahh, these two red dots on the rewind button....The only regret : why does the DDD-signed model wear the "Leica Camera AG" engraving instead of the good old "Ernst Leitz Wetzlar GmbH" one? Dear Pecole, did You recognize the Vulcanite? the bigger flash conncectors? Â is it possible that................???? Â No, or? Thomas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2016 Share #5 Â Posted January 23, 2016 What a marvel! Aahh, these two red dots on the rewind button....The only regret : why does the DDD-signed model wear the "Leica Camera AG" engraving instead of the good old "Ernst Leitz Wetzlar GmbH" one? Â Â These are just no 1: 1 replicas of the original but modern cameras, although inspired by the former special design, but with today's elements, such as the center contact of an electronic flash in the hot shoe or the elimination of the external contact for flash bulbs. Â And since the legal form of the company Leica has changed in the meantime, AG has been engraved for the holding = Aktiengesellschaft (Joint-Stock Company) instead of the former GmbH = limited liability company (= Ltd.). Â - Some decades ago, I learned in the context of a banking apprenticeship in business administration class, that an AG (Aktiengesellschaft) would be assessed more serious than a GmbH (Ltd.). Hopefully that's true yet ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. No Posted January 23, 2016 Share #6 Â Posted January 23, 2016 Happy Birthday DDD 100 years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. No Posted January 23, 2016 Share #7 Â Posted January 23, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) for the FB-page of my friend Lars Netopil: Â Leica M3D-100 23.01.1916 - 23.01.2016 Two unique pieces, commemorating the 100th birthday of David Douglas Duncan: - Leica M3D pre-series unit from the re-edition of the M3D from 2014 Summilux-M 1:1,4/50 mm ASPH. "LHSA"-style, with DDD-typical focusing leverLeicavit-M "MP6"-style - Leica M3D "historical assembly", produced from the last surviving set of original MP spareparts from 1956 Summilux 1:1,4/50 mm in black paint, with DDD-typical focusing leverLeicavit M Happy Birthday David!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Pop Posted January 23, 2016 Share #8 Â Posted January 23, 2016 Such incredibly gorgeous cameras...happy birthday DDD! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted January 23, 2016 Share #9  Posted January 23, 2016 Thanks to DDD for being there. Happy Birthday!  Aside - I like the focusing assist rod attached to the Summicron, although later it seems that Duncan had it shortened, probably to allow the camera to sit flat on its bottom with the rod supporting the lens, or at least not interfering. That's what I did, too.  A pic showing Leica's original with the rod superimposed in the 90° position.  Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pecole Posted January 23, 2016 Share #10  Posted January 23, 2016 Dear Pecole, did You recognize the Vulcanite? the bigger flash conncectors?  is it possible that................????  No, or? Thomas  ...and the MP- or M2-style disc under the lever! Of course, dear Thomas, I knew they were some "replicas", but the nostalgy was there. Details by Dr.No above are clarifying. And concerning the GmbH/AG explained by "mnutzer", I knew all that (as a Doctor at Law, I have to), and my remark was purely "nostalgic" as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted January 23, 2016 Share #11 Â Posted January 23, 2016 two great pieces for agreat photographer.... happy he reached his 100 birthday !!! Â Honestly speaking... I think that Nikon would be more entitled to issue some celebrative item... DDD had indeed HIS M, but he was also, and more significantly, one of the photog who contributed the most to build the legend of Nikon F... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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