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Pan Giannakis
There are quite a few in UK too. Cameraworks are the most popular but the most expensive too.
Show off your Leica I/II/III/LTM Camera
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Rob MacKillop
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No. 530297 - can someone tell me when it was made? It's in pretty much mint condition. I'll be getting more lenses for it over the year. And, yes, that's me in the lens. The best selfie I've taken.
38Deardorff
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chuckroast
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@Rob MacKillop, be very careful. That @38Deardorff is one of those snooty IIIg shooters and manages to add insult to injury by using a pristine Leicavit. He WILL lead you astray and into the paths of photographic perdition ... I'm warning you!!!
38Deardorff
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Chuck if you only knew how much serendipity was involved in stumbling across that one....
Rob MacKillop
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I stand warned, Chuck! Suspicions were roused when he started giving my photos a thumb’s up. Who does that?!
Glenn2
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“Chuck if you only knew how much serendipity was involved in stumbling across that one....”
38D , I’d be interested in knowing. Back in the seventies when I lived in Calgary a good friend had a iiig with a Leicavit. Perhaps it’s the same one? Calgary and Canmore aren’t too far apart. The friend was the glassblower at University of Calgary and a member of the Calgary Photographic Society.
38D , I’d be interested in knowing. Back in the seventies when I lived in Calgary a good friend had a iiig with a Leicavit. Perhaps it’s the same one? Calgary and Canmore aren’t too far apart. The friend was the glassblower at University of Calgary and a member of the Calgary Photographic Society.
38Deardorff
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Not quite so close Glenn. This one came from Japan.
chuckroast
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Oh, so only do you HAVE a dream Barnack, you lucked into it???? For shame!
chuckroast
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He's sneaky that way. I personally would never stoop to pimping Leicas because I am far too sophisticated ... oh, wait ...
(M4, 21mm, 35mm, and 50mm Color-Skopars not shown. I sold the collapsible 'Cron, but keep thinking I should never have done that.)
38Deardorff
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Chuck I had a very nice '34 lll model f, which incidentally i bought instead of a lllg (side by side in a shop in Tokyo) but I use the Leicavit on my M a lot.
So when i saw the lllg with the 'vit I thought i'd take a chance. And it worked out to my advantage. The smoothness and speed of an M with the svelte handling of the LTM
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rfaspen
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Pan.... I sure hope you get your little IIc back in order. As said by someone else here, it's not a difficult camera to work on. You might even be one of those competent mechanically inclined types and be able to do it yourself. Otherwise, repair techs that can handle this camera repair are not too difficult to find. In this case it probably doesn't have to be DAG 🙂
elmarman
Bail out the Brits too !
My 1934 Model II with 1936 50mm f2 Summar lens -- I have taken COLOUR with it and it is amazing !
My Gift 1946 IIIc with 50mm f2 Summitar and original Leitz UV filter - I have to use a lens hood or light strikes the Filter
SpotmaticSP
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Lately I've been hunting Leicas and other accessories sold by the Dutch Leitz importer "CAPI". They are easy to recognize as they bear a CAPI badge on the back of the camera. They can be found with a badge of one of four CAPI shops which were located in Nijmegen (their headquarters), Den Haag (this example), Amsterdam and Groningen.
This II from 1932 only needs a light CLA (sticky speeds below 1/40s) and external cleaning. Curtains are near perfect and the rangefinder patch is still very visible.
Obviously the red scale Elmar is much later than the camera (1955). It's a pity that it does not have a nickel lens but such is life. 🙂
This II from 1932 only needs a light CLA (sticky speeds below 1/40s) and external cleaning. Curtains are near perfect and the rangefinder patch is still very visible.
Obviously the red scale Elmar is much later than the camera (1955). It's a pity that it does not have a nickel lens but such is life. 🙂
Rayt
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My analog Leicas
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Michael
These cameras are very special. Thank you for showing them. Do you know which years CAPI badged cameras ('30-'39?)?
ddutchison2
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When I see the nickle plating has worn through, I know a camera was well used in its day.
yossi
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Certainly not for Leica purists...
Leica IIIB/S-mount W-Nikkor 35mm f1.8 converted by Gigantoptik to work with ltm or M mount Leica. Fully RF coupled.
Leica IIIB/S-mount W-Nikkor 35mm f1.8 converted by Gigantoptik to work with ltm or M mount Leica. Fully RF coupled.
Ororaro
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I always use leicavits, a major upgrade to any Leica, especially the LTMs.
Abrahamsson rapid winder is a major upgrade to the regular leicavit, with its spring reload allowing multiple strokes: a major improvement.
25 made, good luck finding one…
Abrahamsson rapid winder is a major upgrade to the regular leicavit, with its spring reload allowing multiple strokes: a major improvement.
25 made, good luck finding one…
38Deardorff
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Yes!
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