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Those M3s look like they are going on a Christmas Tree. Ultra rare promotional photo of ELCAN, Midland (ON) from 1955.
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Is there anything special about the rendering of this lens? Tempted to Pick it up.
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I recommend the addition of Leitz Midland Celebration Day to the photographic lectionary. As a reminder: When the M5 didn't fly, Wetzlar terminated the M series, intending to run with the SL alone. Thanks be to Barnack, someone at the Midland Ontario plant decided to put the M4 back into production. At the time, there weren't full production drawings for the camera because, in a true corporate memory, the German M staff carried the knowledge in their blood and muscles. Therefore the design specs Wetzlar sent to Midland were incomplete, and the M4-2 had teething problems. But the upshot is: Only because someone (anyone know who?) in Canada couldn't bear to see the rangefinder line killed is it--and the company--still around today. There should be a commemorative celebration and at least a plaque to celebrate the foresight of the person and company branch that kept the M alive.
