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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Binastro" data-source="post: 3246352" data-attributes="member: 111403">. The Royal household used to favour Leica cameras, perhaps the M3, I can't remember.In order to keep the camera, or cameras, repairable for decades, I think that Leica had to keep several spare cameras, which were used for spare parts, when they ran out of normal spare parts.I think the same is true for their movie cameras, which may have been Bell and Howell or something similar. It was very difficult for these makers to keep these cameras fully serviced at all times.The Royals are actually rather frugal and keep and use things for a very long time.I think that the quality of the photographs and the movies that the Royal household took were quite good. Some of these old movies in particular have been shown recently.I notice now that Swarovski display the Royal warrant.I have seen the Royals using Zeiss binoculars also I think. I don't know if Zeiss ever had the warrant or even in fact Leica.Maybe it is the case that because of rather recent European rules 30 year warranties have been altered to 10 years.I am always amused to see that British Gas vans, both small and medium-size ones, carry the Royal warrant.If you look carefully this is because they maintain gas lighting somewhere on the Royal estates.I do remember when the Street lighting was illuminated by gas and gentlemen used to come along every night to light the gas lamps.Bring them back I say.</blockquote>