IIIg

[farlymac]

Mac - I have a III-c/f BD / ST, 1949 body, not sure when the conversion was done... chrome is beautiful. Picked it up in Copenhagen on a trip to Denmark in 2014.

Will have to dig it out to find s/n.

After taking a closer look at the photos, it looks like the top was sand blasted, and re-chromed. There is also a bit of flaking between the shutter button, and the A-R lever.

I'm also looking at a G model that is losing its covering. I can always gaffer tape it.😀

PF

 

[Luddite Frank]

Mac - just exhumed my c/f BD ST.

s/n 44394x.

I think it has the original -c top plate. For the flash sync, a little sync scale plate was added underneath the shutter speed dial, with two little slotted-head screws adjacent the accessory shoe. Still reads: "Leica / D.R.P. / Ernst Leitz / Wetzlar / Germany"

Bottom-plate has 3/8 tripod socket, with a 1/4" bushing, bottom plate lock with tail, "open-auf" / "close-zu".

Chrome is excellent ( aside from some rubs ).

 

[farlymac]

Mac - just exhumed my c/f BD ST.

s/n 44394x.

I think it has the original -c top plate. For the flash sync, a little sync scale plate was added underneath the shutter speed dial, with two little slotted-head screws adjacent the accessory shoe. Still reads: "Leica / D.R.P. / Ernst Leitz / Wetzlar / Germany"

Bottom-plate has 3/8 tripod socket, with a 1/4" bushing, bottom plate lock with tail, "open-auf" / "close-zu".

Chrome is excellent ( aside from some rubs ).

The IIIC/F BD is from 1946, frank, just fifty numbers into the batch run. I've come across a true IIIF RD that looks better, and is from the '52-53 batch. That will likely happen before a IIIG, what with my budget.

PF

 

[Luddite Frank]

That might be dodgy, both for the Chrome and the curtains...

-g's have been out of reach for me... I keep hoping I will run across a lucky bargain someday... 🙂

 

[45govt]

Thanks All

Here are a couple from the second short roll, the first roll i had an issue with the Pyrocat HD, not sure what happened, so I shot a second roll of Kentmere 100 developed in HC110, a little grainy I used Dil. B at 72 degrees

Pretty happy everything seems to work and the "new" Elmar 5cm 2.8 did good.

by Donald Harpold, on Flickr

by Donald Harpold, on Flickr

by Donald Harpold, on Flickr

 

[GarageBoy]

Damn, I sold a iiig for $400, to China, and buyer claimed he never got it... Looking at this thread, I'm full of regret

 

[tennis-joe]

iiig

iiig

Are you saying you regret for selling it for $400 or because you took a chance to send it to a country that leaves a lot of unknowns and no chance to really find out why it was not received? I have ordered cameras from Japan and Hong Kong and they always came in to me.
🙂

 

[farlymac]

Everything looks fine, Don. The Elmar is so good for such a simple lens.

PF

 

[45govt]

Thanks farlymac
I look forward to running some P30 through it

 

[GarageBoy]

Are you saying you regret for selling it for $400 or because you took a chance to send it to a country that leaves a lot of unknowns and no chance to really find out why it was not received? I have ordered cameras from Japan and Hong Kong and they always came in to me.
🙂

At this point, both

I have no problem with buying or selling to Japan, but I've had a real bad track record with China, and accounts registered in China (between someone claiming their camera got heavily brassed in transit (sold a iiif, owner shows me a pic of a heavily brassed iiic and tried to claim damage), and abnormally high bids from people with bogus feedback history (lots of buying the same $0.01 item over and over again), I'm done)

Also reminds me that I should CLA my IIIg and 2.8 elmar

 

[45govt]

Hello
Bringing this one back up

I finished a roll of Film Ferrania P30 in the Leica IIIg with the Elmar 5cm 2.8

I really like this camera and lens.

Here are a couple of photos

Leica IIIg Elmar 2.8 Film Ferrania at 80asa Paranol S classic car 2 by Donald Harpold, on Flickr

Leica IIIg Elmar 2.8 Film Ferrania at 80asa Paranol S Cobra by Donald Harpold, on Flickr

Leica IIIg Elmar 2.8 Film Ferrania at 40asa Paranol S vent and stairwell by Donald Harpold, on Flickr

And here is the link to all the photos
https://www.flickr.com/photos/45govt/albums/72157691016142270

 

[lxmike]

Great shots, enjoy your time with the IIIg they are very cool bits of kit