GAS Attack: IIIG soon to arrive

lxmike

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Finally did it after years of trying, managed to acquire a Leica IIIG

What am I going to tell the wife😀
 

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Well it arrived today and l am mightily impressed and its in great nick too, at present l only have a jupiter 8 for but when l sell my other bronica l will grab a nice summitar and hopefully an uncoated summar at sometime
 
Very beautiful IIIG!
I have one with the serial numbers starting with Nr. 829 xxx
Don Goldberg overhauled the camera and the SYOOM. What a combination!
Fast AND silent. Very, very smooooth too.

The collapsible Summicron 50 is contemporaneous with this camera.
I'm carrying this kit around today, as a matter of fact.
 
Very beautiful IIIG!
I have one with the serial numbers starting with Nr. 829 xxx
Don Goldberg overhauled the camera and the SYOOM. What a combination!
Fast AND silent. Very, very smooooth too.

The collapsible Summicron 50 is contemporaneous with this camera.
I'm carrying this kit around today, as a matter of fact.

sounds like you have a great set up, l would love a summicron but they are soooooooo expensive🙁
 
I'm not sure what you should tell your wife but I'm certain a IIIg won't be a flash in the pan buy. I've had mine a few years now and it's a camera that would be the last to sell . The barnacls are very tactile useable cameras but the IIIg with its improved viewfinder is hard to beat . Enjoy your new camera
 
I'm not sure what you should tell your wife but I'm certain a IIIg won't be a flash in the pan buy. I've had mine a few years now and it's a camera that would be the last to sell . The barnacls are very tactile useable cameras but the IIIg with its improved viewfinder is hard to beat . Enjoy your new camera

l had a Leica IIIf RD a few years ago big regret selling that one, love the feel of barnacks, very impressed with the finder on the IIIG......definately a keeper🙂
 
It is difficult but not impossible to find a collapsible Summicron with a perfect front element. I found a mint body lens with perfect glass. When I bought it, the price was high even though the glass had haze, and the focus was very stiff. But, that perfect front and rear glass coating!

Don Goldberg made this lens perfect in every way.
 
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