First time with a Barnack

[Juan Valdenebro]

Fantastic News Juan....Great to Hear !!!

You , Sug and i have the 'RED DIAL Sisters
I wonder who is the Wickedest, The Prettiest, & The Smartest

Thanks Helen! And mine hasn't self timer either, so real real sisters! I hope this will be the one to keep!

Cheers,

Juan

 

[splitimageview]

No self timer, no slow speeds...heck, not even a rangefinder. 🙂

 

[raid]

My Standard Leica also has none of these luxuries.

 

[jsrockit]

Trying to find a standard, Ic, or 1f at a decent price is hard these days... 🙁

 

[cnphoto]

^ indeed. would love a black paint standard! one day...

Barnack shooting a Barnack, though this one will never be shot again - museum display

Enjoying the IIIf and Summitar

 

[jsrockit]

No self timer, no slow speeds...heck, not even a rangefinder. 🙂

Drool worthy!

 

[coelacanth]

A few recent shots with RD Sis in SF.

Elmar 50/3.5

Looking away

Whatcha lookin at?


With Color-Skopar 28/3.5

The boy was curious about this guy with weird looking camera.

😛 With Oui, non, oui, non... Oui. Shirts.

 

[jsrockit]

I thought the strap from your camera was around your right arm at first... 🙂

 

[JohnTF]

Trying to find a standard, Ic, or 1f at a decent price is hard these days... 🙁

Who knows, you might wear me down one of these days, I have a couple "project" black paint Standards-- working well, but one has about 30% covering left, the other's covering is cracked in one place and loose. They were like puppies in the windows, could not leave them there.

All 8 pages of this thread-- and yet my Avatar has no RF nor can change lenses, I'll have to consider sending it for a refit. I missed the free shutter check at the last show as well, though the test roll seemed OK. ;-)

Regards, John

 

[splitimageview]

Trying to find a standard, Ic, or 1f at a decent price is hard these days... 🙁

Searching completed ebay auctions shows 4 recent 1f sales from $212 to $458...

The one in the photo I posted above has essentially no signs of use...I'm wondering if I should keep it that way, and get a user...

 

[jsrockit]

Searching completed ebay auctions shows 4 recent 1f sales from $212 to $458......

Yes, I know...I missed those (wasn't looking yet). They don't come up often, in the US, without buy-it now prices. I'm not that patient either I guess... I want one now! I prefer lugs and plan to use it with a 28mm, so I think a Ic or If is what I truly want. Working on getting one as we, uh, write ... 🙂

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

How true is the recommendation of storing a IIIF with the shutter uncocked? Was it ever recommended by Leica?

Cheers,

Juan

 

[john neal]

Juan,

Good question - I don't think I have ever seen it in writing. It's an interesting thought - all that cocking does is wind more tension onto the springs in the curtain rollers. I guess a lot depends on the quality of the springs - the metal and tempering etc. Some makes almost insist that you leave them cocked - Rollie 35 for instance, where you can't collapse the lens otherwise.

Personally, I choose not to do it with Leica type shutters

 

[jsrockit]

Searching completed ebay auctions shows 4 recent 1f sales from $212 to $458...

I just missed an ugly 1c on ebay by $5... just couldn't bring myself to pay more due to pealing chrome. Had someone offer me a 1c for $995... :bang: Oh well, gotta keep looking.

The one in the photo I posted above has essentially no signs of use...I'm wondering if I should keep it that way, and get a user...

As long as you only use it and don't abuse it, you shouldn't do much damage to it. Cameras are made to be used. 🙂

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

Juan,

Good question - I don't think I have ever seen it in writing. It's an interesting thought - all that cocking does is wind more tension onto the springs in the curtain rollers. I guess a lot depends on the quality of the springs - the metal and tempering etc. Some makes almost insist that you leave them cocked - Rollie 35 for instance, where you can't collapse the lens otherwise.

Personally, I choose not to do it with Leica type shutters

Hi John,

Thanks for your comment... I have never cared about not cocking any camera... I asked because I just googled leica IIIf and the first result was... Ken Rockwell...😛, and I checked what he said about my camera, and he recommends storing Barnacks without cocking their shutters, so I was wondering who started that advice, and when... Maybe this could be one of those times he is right...😀

Cheers,

Juan

 

[helen.HH]

GORGEOUS shots Cnphoto & Sug
It amazes me, that little elmar and the Summitar
Retro Charm, artsiness, & Sharpness Beautifully Combined

LOVE the Leica 'Standard' Robert.. what are the Shutter Speeds ?

 

[splitimageview]

1/20th to 1/500 on the If...for some reason the shutter is noticeably louder than my IIIc...

 

[Mr_Flibble]

Digitalintrigue, is it me or is the horizon on your SBOOI slightly off? Mine had the same when I bought it, and I corrected it. But now that I see yours I'm wondering if that is supposed to be the way it is.

From the "Summitar The Star" topic:

Leica I , Uncoated Summitar, Ilford XP2 Super.

Leica IIIC (with lightleak grr), Uncoated Summar, Ilford XP2 Super

 

[john neal]

Digitalintrigue, is it me or is the horizon on your SBOOI slightly off? Mine had the same when I bought it, and I corrected it. But now that I see yours I'm wondering if that is supposed to be the way it is.

Hi Rick,

Interesting comment - I just got the SBOOI that coelacanth referred to from Dan Tamarkin - great condition and I'm already loving it. I don't see any alignment problems, but how would you correct it? Is it that little grub screw on the bottom?

BTW - I think the first shot above is great, real period feel. Two questions about the second "partisan" shot - what is the weapon, Sten possibly, or a copy? Second, which edge of IIIc is your leak? My non-stamped K has a small piece of shutter curtain glued on the crate below the slow speed dial - it's original, so I'm assuming it's there for a similar purpose.

 

[Brian Legge]

Someday I'll have to decide if I want to put more money into the IIIc I have or pick up another. I know the curtains are near death - they appear to be almost completely coated by liquid electric tape at this point - and the camera functions decently but it is pretty beat up and have some engraving.

I don't care about that as a user but when I think about putting $150-300 into the camera to replace the curtains and CLA it, working on a a beat up old camera seems somewhat silly. Decisions decisions. 🙂