From: "Lars Netopil" <lars-netopil@lars-netopil.com>
Date: April 24, 2009 12:07:05 AM GMT+08:00
To: xxxx@mir.com.my>
Subject: Re: Question & Permission
Hello and good evening from Wetzlar, Germany - hometown of Leica!
I am very proud of having been able to acquire Leica cameras from the Estate of Alfred
Eisenstaedt. Attached, I send you some pictures, which you may use on your site if
you like. M3E-1 is the first prototype of the later MP, made especially for Alfred
Eisenstaedt (M3 "E" for "Eisenstaedt"). Further, Eisenstaedt
used two MP cameras, number 271 and number 288. Leica M3-1000001 was presented as
a chrome camera to Alfred Eisenstaedt in 1960. In 1989, Leica Camera Company equipped
the camera with new gold plated parts, honoring Eisenstaedts lifelong contribution
to photojournalism. The chrome parts of the 1960 presentation camera were not destroyed,
but set back together as a dummy model and given back to Eisenstaedt together with
the gold camera.
kindest regards
LARS NETOPIL
Lars Netopil Classic Cameras
Camera Showcase:- LEICA M3E-1 | LEICA
MP 271/288 |
Leica M3 1000001 Chrome
| Gold
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