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Rich Silfver
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Haven't been active on this site for quite some time - maybe about a year - but there may be people here that still remember me.
I still recognize many familiar - to me - names here: taffer, rover, joe, genew, peter, etc....the list goes on. To have people active on a site for so long time in a row tells a little bit about the site and how it's run (Mr Big Cheeze
).
This site has truly grown since I was more active here but what I have noticed during my occasional lurkings here is that even though the site has grown the atmosphere here has not changed - it's more than often friendly, helpful and good spirited. In many ways I think this is due to joe who was what - member #2, #3 back in the days - and has been a constant on this site and is very clear about what is acceptable behaviour - or not.
Anyway, all that aside I wanted to share some photos of my latest rangefinder acqusition - a Leica III (F) from 1933 (not to be confused with the Leica iiif a few decades later).
The first thing that struck me when I received this camera was how incredibly small it was. It makes my M3 look gigantic.
I bought the camera as a kit and it came with;
- Elmar 50/3.5 lens,
- Elmar 90/4 lens,
- VISOOM finder,
- Some filters, and
- FISON hood
All items in near mint condition.
The camera came from a camera store owner that had recieved the kit as it is today in the 70's when the camera was already 40 years old from the wife of the then owner who said she wanted to sell it as her husband had only put three rolls of film through it. The store owner himself kept the kit and also put only three rolls of film through it over the next 30 years (he considered it to be too nice to be used).
I've now put one roll through it and I'm intending to go beyond three rolls
I will post some samples later to this thread if anyone wants to see what the results were.
Having said all that, here are some photos of the little beaut:
(Those white 'scratches' are just dust, etc - the top plate is near mint)
(Ok horrible shot I know - but it's from my rooftop and I couldn't resist getting a shot with the camera and the GG Bridge)
I still recognize many familiar - to me - names here: taffer, rover, joe, genew, peter, etc....the list goes on. To have people active on a site for so long time in a row tells a little bit about the site and how it's run (Mr Big Cheeze
).This site has truly grown since I was more active here but what I have noticed during my occasional lurkings here is that even though the site has grown the atmosphere here has not changed - it's more than often friendly, helpful and good spirited. In many ways I think this is due to joe who was what - member #2, #3 back in the days - and has been a constant on this site and is very clear about what is acceptable behaviour - or not.
Anyway, all that aside I wanted to share some photos of my latest rangefinder acqusition - a Leica III (F) from 1933 (not to be confused with the Leica iiif a few decades later).
The first thing that struck me when I received this camera was how incredibly small it was. It makes my M3 look gigantic.
I bought the camera as a kit and it came with;
- Elmar 50/3.5 lens,
- Elmar 90/4 lens,
- VISOOM finder,
- Some filters, and
- FISON hood
All items in near mint condition.
The camera came from a camera store owner that had recieved the kit as it is today in the 70's when the camera was already 40 years old from the wife of the then owner who said she wanted to sell it as her husband had only put three rolls of film through it. The store owner himself kept the kit and also put only three rolls of film through it over the next 30 years (he considered it to be too nice to be used).
I've now put one roll through it and I'm intending to go beyond three rolls
I will post some samples later to this thread if anyone wants to see what the results were.
Having said all that, here are some photos of the little beaut:
(Those white 'scratches' are just dust, etc - the top plate is near mint)
(Ok horrible shot I know - but it's from my rooftop and I couldn't resist getting a shot with the camera and the GG Bridge
)
