Safely uphill with the
Leica
This is definitely on the
lighter side of Leica lore. I carefully
translated everything from German to English and tried to maintain the basic
wording of the originals, including typos and other mistakes.
These are actual letters
received by Leica over the years. We
reprint them verbatim (no, those aren't our typos):
“Please allow me to ask if
it is possible for you to send a 'Leica' for my disposal in trade for
business. I am offering the following:
Insurance of all kind, private hospitalization insurance and Laundry
Detergent. In case you are interested in
one or the other...”
“I have three magnifying
glasses in average of 10cm diameter, and a close-up set of 5.5.5 and 5.5 cm
diameter. Are you able to make a
binocular out of this? I think it is best
to reduce the size of the glass to that of a binocular or photo. I assume you have binocular housings?”
“Both my Leica cameras
were stolen, both cameras black in a briefcase with 1 pound of sausage, ¼ pound
butter half a loaf of bread and Leica films (a lady in half figure pose with
and without fur. Lady appr. 50 years).”
“I wish for you to send me
a Leisa camera. If you don't have one in
stock then don't send one.”
“I would like to throw a
drop of water for hours onto a wall such that it will get a diameter of at
least 1 meter...”
“I would like to check if
I could buy a photograpfy apparatus. I
would really like to buy a photograpfy apparatus, I will send the money right
away, then write to me how much the apparatus is. One like on the picture that I enclosed. But sometimes write to me if such an
apparatus I can get, and how expensive it is, then I will send the money right
away. Now I must close with the hope
that you will send me such a photogrpfy apparatus, I would really like that. But please, write back to me at once, and send
me such an apparatus I will send the money right away.”
A company wrote:
“We need a microscope,
three or five barrel...”
A microscope delivered in
East Africa proved to have something missing.
The letter requested the following:
“1. Three lenses that you screw on...”
“2. The lens through which you look on the
top...”
“3. The lens that is under the table.”
“Other than that the
microscope is complete.”
We carefully checked once
more. The typos are definitely not ours.
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