Before you close this thinking,  „Great, another Leica fan boy post showing off his new camera“….. read on, hopefully you’ll think differently at the end. If you follow my blogs, you’ll know I like cameras…..and I own a few. Mainly film, with the exception of the 2 Fuji X series cameras. The main theme to my collection of late generally revolves around rangefinders. Recent additions have been the Bessa R3M and the Contax G2. But there has been a gap, an obvious gap…and this is where the story begins… 18th September, 1928. Before you search the serial number archives, this isn’t related a batch of Leica’s made. This is the date one Kenneth John Villani was born. In a previous job I met someone who instantly became a great friend who stayed in touch long after I left, and we continue to meet up whenever time and geography is compatible. It was through this friendship that I learnt of his dad, who the more we talk about, the more incredible he sounded. Kenneth had an extraordinary range of interests (he was a cordon bleu trained cook, motorbike owner, writer) but I concluded, he had four main passions in… His wife, his children, motor sport (specially Ferrari and BRM) and cameras….lots and lots of cameras!…….

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Andrew Spencer Leica Story