trittium
Well-known
No connection to seller. The camera has some problems, but still a very very good price
http://cgi.ebay.com/leica-leitz-III...ryZ30030QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/leica-leitz-III...ryZ30030QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Semushkin
Established
trittium said:
Somebody apparently tried to remove the Leica name. That person was trying to make a Zorki copy!
Creagerj
Incidental Artist
I wonder what a CLA would run for it? Might be a good one to buy and hold on to until the money tree shakes out again.
oscroft
Veteran
I see the BIN has gone
That was probably done "way back when" to avoid paying import fees. I've heard of this before, "defiling" the camera avoided paying the duties.
Peter_Jones
Well-known
It's a candidate for a black paintjob
MikeL
Go Fish
Brian Sweeney said:
The Spotmatic and 50mm Takumar I inherited had the name removed. Should I turn in my mom?
George S.
How many is enough?
I've seen brassing before but can't recall seeing pitting like that, and mostly on the bottom. Moisture rich environment is my guess???
trittium
Well-known
I have a IIIc that has the Leica "lovingly" scratched off. I bought it from the son of the original owner. According to the son, the father had to scratch it off to get it into the US from Germany after the war. Appently there was an embargo on goods with German trade names or something. To get around the law, people would scratch out the Leica brand name. The story was kind of unclear, but that is what I heard. A ldecient amoun of post war barnacks have scratched out logos. Maybe it was like going through customs now. Only the people stopped had to scratch out the Leica name.