Leica lllf

[johesm]

Purchased a Leica Red Dial lllf with an f2 Summitar lens.the other day. The camera is in excellent condition . The only sign of wear is the latch has a bubble in the chrome. The camera came with a case, self timer. cable release, lens hood, lens cap, yellow filter and manual (in German). Ran a roll of film through it and it works great. Attached is a picture of the camera and a photo I took. Looking forward to using the camera.
Joe

 

[Mablo]

Nice setup! enjoy your beautiful Leica.

That Summitar hood is quite extraordinary (I have one too). You can use it as a snow shovel in emergency situations :}

 

[wlewisiii]

Cool barndoor hood. I've got the IROOA clip on hood (cone shaped) instead but they both work. I do want to get myself a UV/Haze filter for mine to keep the glass nice.

Isn't the IIIf just a fun little camera?

William

 

[HuubL]

You sure got your share of the illustrious Leica glow! Congrats on the IIIf, it's a wonderful camera!

 

[LeicaFoReVer]

great little camera I always enjoyed...congratulations...

 

[Sonny Boy Havidson]

Welcome in the club!

 

[beyond]

Lovely set you have there. Am still trying to land one from evilbay.

 

[payasam]

Fine camera, and of course the hood (SOOPD or SOOFM) is the most efficient possible.

 

[raydm6]

Congrats! Enjoy the IIIf and especially the Summitar. Nice lens.

I'll never forget the look on my sister's face when I walked into her kitchen with the IIIf/Summitar w/SOOPD deployed... "What is that?!" 🙂

 

[gilpen123]

I got this from a member here a few days ago and I love it. Just finished my 1st roll and results are more than I expected from the Summarit 1.5. Maybe due to the negative feedbacks I've read in the web.

 

[Waus]

Don't believe everything you read on the web....

 

[benmacphoto]

Agreed, don't believe everything posted about that lens. If the optics are clean it is a great lens.

 

[Sonnar Brian]

The Summarit is prone to developing internal haze which will kill contrast and resolution. Once cleaned up, it's a fine performer. Most people appear to use the lens without having it cleaned and are disappointed by the results. I remember Jason Schneider writing about this lens in one of his articles from the 1970s calling it a fine performer. That stuck with me, I have one in LTM and another in M-mount, had them both professionally cleaned.

 

[gilpen123]

Here are the samples from my 1st roll

 

[beyond]

Looks good.

 

[summar]

Very nice! Classic Leica street photography.

 

[MCTuomey]

great stuff, gil! nice lens, d**n good photog!

 

[Bingley]

Very nice photos! I especially like the third one (w/ the chessboard). I bought a IIIc and a Summitar earlier this year from another member here, and have been using them almost constantly since. Barnacks are just fun to shoot (in daylight, that is).

 

[fbf]

Nice to see the lens and camera are getting good use.

 

[ray*j*gun]

My first Barnack was a IIIc with an Elmar 3.5 collapsable (my Avatar).....I loved that set up so much I had a GAS attack and wound up with a IIIf and a IIIa. They are my favorite cameras if I have a little time to fiddle!!!

Good luck with yours.