Leica II CLA

[colyn]

I wonder if Don or Sherry can fix this camera?? 😀 😀 😀 😱 😱

http://cgi.ebay.com/Legendary-Leica...ryZ30030QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[reagan]

Oh man. I thought mine were beaters. 🙄

"It's a three! No wait.... knob came off... it's a two."

 

[LeicaTom]

Wow!

Now that`s what I call patina 🙂

...now why can`t I find a grey IIIC K in that condition? 😱

Tom

 

[landsknechte]

That one looks more like it was hit by a V-2 rocket.

(...and oddly enough, the current winning bidder is the same bloke that outbid me on a 1935 Summar earlier this afternoon...)

 

[radiocemetery]

Wear appropriate to time spent underwater.

 

[Nikon Bob]

Hasn't this one been on before?

Bob

 

[MartinP]

"Minty" . . . "Stored carefully for last 65 years" etc etc ;o)

 

[reagan]

(...and oddly enough, the current winning bidder is the same bloke that outbid me on a 1935 Summar earlier this afternoon...)

doctor_leo better be a reconstructive surgeon! Interesting... red lens RF, 1/1000 shutter speed and yeah, just a hint of lens fungus. 😎

 

[Dralowid]

Yes, I'vs seen this one before.

Just goes to prove that there is now a cottage industry converting Zorkis into these...or is it a Fed?

Michael

 

[alternatve]

Yes, I'vs seen this one before.

Just goes to prove that there is now a cottage industry converting Zorkis into these...or is it a Fed?

Michael

I'm afraid this one is the real deal.

I don't think anyone other then a scrap merchant can help this one...

 

[reagan]

Real deal no doubt - a II converted to IIIa converted to fish.bait converted to door.stop.

Soooo, fellas... how high will it go? Any guesses?

Some military enthusiasts might find it an attractive paper weight/conversation piece. Maybe?

 

[payasam]

No good: has no military markings.

 

[Jocko]

I wonder when the first FSU will turn up in "Rare SS mouldy cheese covering" 🙂

Cheers, Ian

 

[DrLeoB]

Really...... it just needs a little adjustment.....

 

[DrLeoB]

This camera was up from the same seller 6 months ago and fell thru without a bid...

I'm just curious what I can do with it....

 

[harry01562]

This one doesn't appear to me to be fixable. The external corrosion is extensive, and I bet it is worse inside. The cost to replace parts would be incredible, and the camera would lose any ID that it may now possess.

A conversation piece for the person with more money than he can find ways to spend. Easily be the only one on your block to own one. Coupled with a good story, this could be almost anything the owner wanted it to be....

If that's important to more than one monied bidder, the price could be interesting. That's what an auction requires, competition from equals.

Harry

 

[TheHub]

that's painful to look at 🙁

 

[landsknechte]

Wear appropriate to time spent underwater.

Points for the seller not coming up with a story of this camera being pulled from the wreckage of a u-boat.

 

[DrLeoB]

Seriously, as a chemist, if I get this camera, I hope to be able to look at the long term corrosion that has occurred and maybe learn some things about better conservation of the good cameras that we are all using.

 

[Keith]

This camera was up from the same seller 6 months ago and fell thru without a bid...

I'm just curious what I can do with it....

You're leaving yourself wide open there ... 😛

Anyone got some clever suggestions? :angel: