Is this a IIIF ??

[gliderbee]

There's an auction here for a so-called IIIF. Is this really a IIIF ? I doubt it, but I'm not very knowledgable in Leica LTM ...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Leica-IIIf-50mm-f3-5-Elmar-/130492694149?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e61f87e85#ht_662wt_1139

Thanks,
Stefan.

 

[rogerzilla]

No, it's a IIIa. Built-up construction, 1/1000 second, separate VF and RF eyepieces. Clueless seller anyway ("I'm not into foto cameras").

 

[gliderbee]

Ok, thanks.

There's a webpage somewhere from somebody here on the forum where it is explained how to see the difference between a genuine Leica and the (mostly russian) fakes.

Any idea about the link to that page anyone ?

Thanks,
Stefan.

 

[rogerzilla]

Most fakes are so bad that it's obvious. The Luxus edition of the original Leica (gilded metalwork, lizard skin leather instead of vulcanite) is the most faked as a proportion of fakes to genuine cameras.

This one is being sold with no pretences:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Leica-I-a-Lux...y_VintagePhotoAccessories&hash=item1e61f6b9ec

 

[xayraa33]

It is a genuine Leica IIIa with that top 1/1000 shutter speed.

 

[Max Jenkins]

It is definitely not a IIIf, as others have noted. In Germany, at the time, I believe that they called that model the Model F - in the US and over time in general, it has come to be called the IIIa. Maybe the source of the confusion?

 

[rogerzilla]

The IIIa was actually the Model G (as was the IIIb, I think, just to make things even more confusing). Model F was the III.

 

[Max Jenkins]

You're right, of course. I wrote before checking and relied on a memory that has seen better days.

 

[ruby.monkey]

No, it's a IIIa. Built-up construction, 1/1000 second, separate VF and RF eyepieces. Clueless seller anyway ("I'm not into foto cameras").

Also, no flash contact adjustment scale around the high-speed shutter dial.

 

[wolves3012]

Ok, thanks.

There's a webpage somewhere from somebody here on the forum where it is explained how to see the difference between a genuine Leica and the (mostly russian) fakes.

Any idea about the link to that page anyone ?

Thanks,
Stefan.

http://jay.fedka.com/index_files/Page367.htm

 

[Wlodek]

IIIa, but still a decent camera.