Bringing back a Leica from the Dead (warning, long post, lotsa pics)

[Praxis Unitas]

Where'd you find that thing? The Titanic? Oh wait, the Leica III wasn't built in 1912...

maybe the Lusitania?

 

[chut]

nice to see the camera before and after you must have a lot of patience.well done. john

Zorkikat has the patience of a Tibetan monk. He makes his own developer (PaRodinal) and even makes his own SOAP! He'd probably make his own electricity using a treadmill if he could.

 

[feenej]

What did you use to make shutter curtains? The curtains in my FED 2 need replacing.

 

[newspaperguy]

Again... a superb job.

Thanks for sharing.

Rick

 

[ZorkiKat]

@freenej: The shutter curtains are 100% DIY: habotai silk (synthetic), and rubberised coating material.

@Πραξισ Unitas: Not sure where the poor thing had been, but it appears to have been through some form of wreck....😀

@ Chut- Am still trying to convince the cats to power the treadmill....

again thanks for the comments.

 

[Peter_Jones]

Excellent work, ZorkiKat 🙂 That is truly a resurrected Leica with many decades use left in it now.