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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
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BERRY alain
mermoz37
France
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 Posted - Nov 13 2008 : 04:15:05 AM
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Aidas Pikiotas
AidasCams
Lithuania
973 Posts
My Collection
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
4252 Posts
My Collection
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Posted - Nov 13 2008 : 09:20:06 AM
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I see, thanks Aidas! Somehow I've missed that post! I only remember Bill and I discussing it at some point in the past, but I don't think we came to any meaningful conclusion, only guesses... You may be right about the export markets with requirements, isn't Germany one of them? But I think it went under Revue in Germany didn't it?
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Zoom
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Posted - Nov 13 2008 : 09:21:51 AM
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Originally posted by Vlad
What is this Author Certificate # on the bottom??
Equal to the "Patent numbers".
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
4252 Posts
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Posted - Nov 13 2008 : 09:24:25 AM
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Thanks Zoom, I do understand what it's for, I guess my question was why it's on the bottom  .. and I think Aidas provided a very good educated guess here, but what do you know about it, if anything?
Thanks,
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Bill Parkinson
nightphoto
USA
1027 Posts
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Posted - Nov 13 2008 : 11:29:21 AM
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I suspect that the patent number was engraved on examples that were going to be displayed at trade shows in Germany or the West.
Regards, Bill
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
4252 Posts
My Collection
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Posted - Nov 13 2008 : 11:40:24 AM
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| Actually I thought the same Bill, but common nature of these - Aidas and Alain both have these tells me that these may be some kind of small export production batch rather than one-offs for trade shows... |
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Bill Parkinson
nightphoto
USA
1027 Posts
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Posted - Nov 13 2008 : 5:51:18 PM
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Besides Aidas and Alain each having one, and the one on Molotok, that only makes about three ... so that's not making them very common, and I have never seen others besides the one on Molotok. I think they are rare. Maybe ten or so were made for a Photokina.
Does anyone else have one? I have seen many export and non-export type Horizont but never with these numbers.
Regards, Bill
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Vladislav Kern
Vlad
USA
4252 Posts
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Posted - Nov 13 2008 : 11:28:16 PM
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Bill, I think 3 known in comparison to the unknown world-wide is a lot...  .. |
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BERRY alain
mermoz37
France
814 Posts |
Posted - Nov 14 2008 : 02:42:59 AM
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| I saw , minimum 2 others in Prag a long time ago (6 years) |
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Aidas Pikiotas
AidasCams
Lithuania
973 Posts
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Posted - Nov 14 2008 : 05:36:54 AM
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Hi,
I would be very happy to have one of 10 existing demanstrating cameras , but during my collecting activity I have met at least 5-7 of them ... or even more. It could be limited edition with 200-300 cameras in total, why not?
Best Regards,
Aidas
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BERRY alain
mermoz37
France
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Posted - Nov 14 2008 : 06:49:47 AM
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Odd Gorizont on Molotok
