Do you currently own a Leica camera?

[Axel]

My long loved and used M6 got a new owner back in 2013 for the money.
But I´ve got a full functional R3 recently and I think it will stay for its pretty shape,
sound and feel 🙂

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Since that post back in March of 2015 I've managed to get some Leica clones made by Canon and Nicca. The Nicca (III-S) was more of a copy than the Canon (P), but they still only slightly dampened my search for the real thing.

I did get an M4-P a while back, and really enjoy it, but I got tired of having to mount my LTM lenses onto adapters so I could use them. Yesterday I finally fulfilled a plan I made long ago to celebrate my official retirement, and that was to get a IIIf made the same year I was born (1953). And it's coming from a shop in my home state of Indiana!

It has a nice engraving of a name on the bottom plate, and I did a little sleuthing on Google. If it's who I think, he used to live close to Gary, IN, then moved to Sarasota, FL. No mention in the obituaries about him being into photography, though it might not have been something he did a lot of, just some snaps here and there. So it might be I still have no idea who the person is that used to own the camera, but I hope to make him proud of what I produce with it.

PF

Where did you find a Leica for sale in Indiana? Roberts?

 

[Deleted member 65559]

Black paint '67 M4,
replaced the '35 iii black with Leica CL (50th anniversary) w/ working meter.....

& a $1k Leica Digilux 4.3 paperweight 🙂

 

[sepiareverb]

As of today I’m down to 5 M bodies and an old DLux3 (2?) in deep storage somewhere.

One M10, two MP (a .72 and a .58) and two M7 (also a .72 and a .58).

 

[cary]

M3 DS
IIIA
IIIF
Leicaflex Standard
Leicaflex SL black chrome
Leicaflex SL MOT

 

[mpaniagua]

3 IIIf
3 IIf
1 IIIB
1 IIIC
1 IIIG

M4 (2)
M5
M6

Of those, M6 and one of th IIIf (with self timer) are they ones I enjoy more.

Thinking about slimming the Barnacks to keep just the IIIf with self timer.

Marcelo

 

[sreed2006]

I came to RFF from a link on an Olympus camera discussion thread at Flikr about 10 years ago. At the time, and still sometimes, there was active discussions of the OM cameras and Zuiko lenses here on RFF. However, browsing the other posts here, I thought I would like to try Leicas. Over the years, I have acquired a few that I still have.

M3 Double Stroke.
M2
M4
CL
IIIg

At the time that I purchased the M3, the bundle came with a IIIc that had been converted to a IIIf. I sent that off for a CLA about 8 years ago, and Sherry told me it was beyond hope. So it got sold it to a dealer at a swap meet for next to nothing.

I've never purchased any Leica product new. Maybe some day?

 

[farlymac]

Thanks, Doug. I forgot to mention my CL (film) and R7 outfits.


Lynnb, I've got 2 Canon 50's, the 1.8 and 2.8 (the 1.8 has the haze again); a Yashicor 50/2.8; W-Nikkor.C 35/3.5; and VC Color-Skopar 35/2.5 MC. I don't count my Elmar 90/4 because it's so scratched up it's only good for doing portraits, maybe. It's on a replacement list, but I may get a 75 first.


Chris Crawford: The IIIf came from Gary Camera, and arrived this morning. Best looking Barnack style body I've seen or used in a while.


PF

 

[Pentode]

I have one; My first, and only purchased recently. It's a SS M3 with an early Summicron.

 

[Rangefinder 35]

Leica

Leica

Yes. 2 M6s; one regular and one titanium.

 

[Pál_K]

It's astonishing the number of Barnack Leicas in use here. The youngest such is, what, 60 years old?

If I were to revise my collection, I'd toss the M6's because they are just common tools. I'd replace them with an M5, which still has a meter, better ergonomics for me, and a nicer viewfinder.

Barnacks and M3's I'd keep because nothing like that will ever be made again.

 

[Ambro51]

....I wish my wife aged as well as my 60 year old cameras ;-(

 

[someonenameddavid]

M3 DS with a 35 3.5 Summaron, 50 collapsible Summicron 90 Elmar, 135 Nikkor

 

[Bingley]

Update... sold the M4-2. But acquired some others... the roster is now:

IIIc
M2
M3 SS
Sofort
M-E Type 240

 

[kuvvy]

As of a few days ago I have my very first Leica, an MDa.

 

[Hari]

just M2 and black II

 

[Rayt]

MP .58x, M2, M5, and several Barnacks.

 

[airfrogusmc]

Currently

MM original
M-E
M 262
and 2 M 10s

 

[traveler_101]

It's astonishing the number of Barnack Leicas in use here. The youngest such is, what, 60 years old?

If I were to revise my collection, I'd toss the M6's because they are just common tools. I'd replace them with an M5, which still has a meter, better ergonomics for me, and a nicer viewfinder.

Barnacks and M3's I'd keep because nothing like that will ever be made again.

Interesting that you went from acquiring Ms to the Barnacks. Usually it is the other way around.

I acquired a IIIf and use it frequently. I have thought about getting a M camera but have never done it.

 

[rumbliegeos]

I have owned a IIIf BD and a IIIf RD, but sold them, even though they were a lot of fun to shoot. I recently acquired an M2, and it is gem. Love the simple viewfinder.