Leica LTM Buy IIIg and F2 Summitar for $500?

Leica M39 screw mount bodies/lenses
Great deal Dan!

Ask Youxin Ye if he has some time soon for a CLA, I know (two) of my cameras will be taking up a weekend or two with him soon, but he has a faster turnaround then mostly anyone else and a eye for perfection with the work he does.

Tom
 
I second the recommendation, Youxin replaced the shutter curtains and did a CLA on my iiif and my Summitar, which like your camera had sat unused for years. I had the camera back in a week working like new and at a very reasonable cost.

John
 
Time Freeze said:
I second the recommendation, Youxin replaced the shutter curtains and did a CLA on my iiif and my Summitar, which like your camera had sat unused for years. I had the camera back in a week working like new and at a very reasonable cost.
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Hear, hear! This is exactly my experience working with Youxin, and I'm sure others will concur.
 
Are you sure the selftimer is stuck. It doesn't go off with the shutter release as with more modern cameras. It has its own release button. It's the round shiny button in the washer around the selftimer lever. Push it and it will release the lever.

But even when its really stuck, its a great price for a IIIg. A stuck ST will be easily fixed with a CLA that the camera will need anyhow after having been buried for that long.
 
HuubL said:
Are you sure the selftimer is stuck.
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Yes, it's stuck. I studied the manual very carefully before I touched anything--I'm absolutely paranoid about self-timers in general.

When I push in the self-timer release, it makes its ticking sound and moves about 2/3rds of the arc and then stops. I moved it back into the tensioned position to keep it safely locked so that I don't accidentally push/force it up and possibly lock up/damage the shutter.

I plan an immediate CLA (and anything else it needs) as soon as I can decide who to send it to. I've seen very good things said about Youxin Ye (in this thread already!), and also about John Maddox, Sherry Krauter, and DAG, and am checking out all four right now.
 
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Interesting that $500 for a IIIg is a bargain. I admit to paying more for mine but the 1957 copy of Pop Photo's buying guide says that the IIIg with the 50mm f2 collapsable 'cron was $342, including FET. (All cameras had an excise tax in the 50s) With the 50mm f1.5 Summarit it was 30 bucks more. The IIIf with the 'cron was $336. Not much difference between the competing models. The only M at the time, the M3 with the 'cron was much more, $447. Those were princely sums at the time when $50 a week was considered a living wage for a family. John
 
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