Leica cameras used by British forces in Second World War

[willeica]

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5 hours ago, pgk said:

FWIW, I believe Gandolfi were asked if they would be interested in a contract to supply cameras to the military in WWII, but finally turned this down because they did not think that they had the capacity to fulfill it! 

Good old Fred and the men in brown coats. He was the one who told Lord Lichfield to take a walk when he wanted one of his cameras. He said something like " I don't care if you are the Queen's cousin, you are not getting one of my cameras". 

William

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[jpattison]

4 hours ago, willeica said:

Good old Fred and the men in brown coats. He was the one who told Lord Lichfield to take a walk when he wanted one of his cameras. He said something like " I don't care if you are the Queen's cousin, you are not getting one of my cameras". 

William

I had a 10x8 camera made to order from their last business (in Andover I think) in American Walnut. Superb, but not a "traditional" one I suppose. I eventually sold it about 10 years ago, and acquired a Walker 5x7. (I have to sell a camera to purchase another... house rule!)

John

Edited March 4, 2021 by jpattison

[erl]

On 3/5/2021 at 8:53 AM, jpattison said:

I had a 10x8 camera made to order from their last business (in Andover I think) in American Walnut. Superb, but not a "traditional" one I suppose. I eventually sold it about 10 years ago, and acquired a Walker 5x7. (I have to sell a camera to purchase another... house rule!)

John

Sounds more like 'wife rules!' 😉

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21 hours ago, erl said:

Sounds more like 'wife rules!' 😉

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