sabears Posted September 29, 2012 Share #1 Posted September 29, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) I thought to have seen all kinds of things in my life, but there is always something to learn... Leica IIIc Rangefinder Camera Body 524442 Leitz Wetzlar | eBay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 Hi sabears, Take a look here If defaced it's not enough. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
pop Posted September 29, 2012 Share #2 Posted September 29, 2012 It looks nice enough, otherwise. I have bought an M4 with a baseplate which was similarly "treated". It bothered me enough to buy a replacement baseplate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted September 30, 2012 Share #3 Posted September 30, 2012 I didn't know of the habit of "name erasing" to escape duties... if real and original, an interesting small piece of history, despite the roughness of the operation... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaques Posted September 30, 2012 Share #4 Posted September 30, 2012 weird- if the idea was to disguise the camera brand the job was not very thorough... you can still easily read Leica? Maybe it indicates the end of a love affair? A disgruntled Leica user? Or perhaps an early form of 'taping' over the logo for discreet street shooting.... I have seen that on the WW2 cameras- but only to erase any Nazi connotations.. But never the lovely Leica script. If it was me I would have copped the duty.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted September 30, 2012 Share #5 Posted September 30, 2012 I didn't know of the habit of "name erasing" to escape duties... ... More subtle to remove "Germany" in this case Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyelm Posted September 30, 2012 Share #6 Posted September 30, 2012 I remember seeing a post somewhere that after WW2 cameras brought back to the USA were defaced to prevent them from competing with Leitz USA cameras. Does anyone else remember seeing this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted September 30, 2012 Share #7 Posted September 30, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) I remember seeing a post somewhere that after WW2 cameras brought back to the USA were defaced to prevent them from competing with Leitz USA cameras. Does anyone else remember seeing this? You probably mean Leitz NY, which I thought was practically shut down during the war. No? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyelm Posted September 30, 2012 Share #8 Posted September 30, 2012 You probably mean Leitz NY, which I thought was practically shut down during the war. No? I was referring to the early post war period. This is the forum discussion that I was recalling. http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=124007 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB_tx Posted October 1, 2012 Share #9 Posted October 1, 2012 I remember seeing a post somewhere that after WW2 cameras brought back to the USA were defaced to prevent them from competing with Leitz USA cameras. Does anyone else remember seeing this? During the post-war years the US customs agency enforced trademark ownership on imported items. A trademark was registered to the US owner (the US official importer) and if one was shipped to the US by another channel it was considered illegal use of the trademark. The party receiving the goods had to remove the trademarked logo before customs would release the item. I have recently seen examples of Asahi Pentax cameras from the 60s with "Pentax" ground off, because Honeywell had the US rights to the trademark at that time. Obviously this is not current practice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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