tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post3245665116196855931..comments2024-03-27T11:02:08.037-05:00Comments on LEICA Barnack Berek Blog: ODE TO A LEGEND – THE LEICA M4LEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-76572950036220925662017-11-10T16:08:21.320-06:002017-11-10T16:08:21.320-06:00Great read but oh dear, another Leica article givi...Great read but oh dear, another Leica article giving me Leica GAS even though I quite like my M5.<br />Must resist, must resist.<br />By the way, there appears to be a typo in the link to Tom Grill. The 'h' of 'http' is missing.<br />ColinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-10472345424785107802017-11-10T12:20:01.438-06:002017-11-10T12:20:01.438-06:00You are right. When I first inquired about a tour...You are right. When I first inquired about a tour, I was told that I couldn't because of the many military items being made. But I didn't give up so quickly. I guess what clinched it for me was telling them that I had toured the (old) Wetzlar plant the year before with my dad and that he was coming for a visit and that we would like to see the ELCAN plant as well. I did get an agreement and a date. We lucked out because that very day, the head of the Japanese Leica sales agency was there to tour the plant as well. We were asked to tag along. I am sure that because of this we were shown a lot more than otherwise would have been the case. But only part of the facility was open to us. Many manufacturing stations were blocked off from view. Unfortunately we had to agree not to take any photographs. But it was a memorable experience non the less.LEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-27471962859569165692017-11-10T12:13:11.696-06:002017-11-10T12:13:11.696-06:00How did you manage to tour the Canadian facility? ...How did you manage to tour the Canadian facility? I heard that they did not allow tours because of the many secret military contracts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-77429264327246760122017-11-10T11:08:23.405-06:002017-11-10T11:08:23.405-06:00You are correct, however, the Leica M camera that ...You are correct, however, the Leica M camera that was manufactured at ELCAN (Ernst Leitz Canada) upon Walter Kluck's initiative was a new version of the Leica M4, the Leica M4-2. I had the good fortune to tour the plant in Midland Ontario and saw the manufacture of the M4-2 there.LEICA Barnack Berek Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055435560407011075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320126156594375642.post-33113837178410577472017-11-10T11:07:56.893-06:002017-11-10T11:07:56.893-06:00Nice Article...Just want to add a shout out to Wal...Nice Article...Just want to add a shout out to Walter Kluck of Leica Canada without whose efforts the M4 or Leica M camera itself might not have survived.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com