Leica M3 818677 on Ebay Anyone feel lucky?
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Ko.Fe.
Lenses 35/21 Gears 46/20
Goggles are missing.
abearman
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What is so "rare" (seller's word) about this M3 that the bidding is so -- to me -- high?
raid
Dad Photographer
He is not describing the lens.
raid
Dad Photographer
If the lens is worth $1000, then the M3 with all the accessories is worth the $1400.
raid
Dad Photographer
Is it a DR Summicron?
David Hughes
David Hughes
Agreed and is the lens included? We are not told one way or the other.
Only 35 and 50 with goggles and front element is just too big as I can see the start of "Sum... " on the lens. So my guess is a 50mm in which case I wish I could remember if they were available without the goggles by in your part of the world it's probably different anyway...
Regards, David
raid
Dad Photographer
Seller told me he just added a pic of the lens from the front. He did not say it is not included.
some people are into numbers -
that is a very nice number for them
that is what the bidding is about
that is a very nice number for them
that is what the bidding is about
raid
Dad Photographer
A good point! I did not think of the number.
There is no 4.
There is no 4.
raid
Dad Photographer
Seller says it is a 50 Summicron
raid
Dad Photographer
My M3 may have a lucky number too. Maybe.
979 039
9 stands for eternal. There is no 4.
979 039
9 stands for eternal. There is no 4.
Rob-F
Likes Leicas
Yes it is a Dual-Range Summicron. The fitting at the top for mounting the goggles is the clue. The goggles may not be included, though. Apparently, the lens may not be, either.
AlwaysOnAuto
Well-known
What do you guys think of this M1 on the GW site today?
https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/107598649
I can't imagine advertising a camera on Ebay with the lens shown in pictures and it not being included, but, that may just be me. I don't buy on Ebay much though.
https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/107598649
I can't imagine advertising a camera on Ebay with the lens shown in pictures and it not being included, but, that may just be me. I don't buy on Ebay much though.
Rob-F
Likes Leicas
Is a 4 bad luck? And a 9 is good luck?
And the camera on eBay has a lucky number? Is it the repeating seven or eight?
raid
Dad Photographer
The lens is included. The seller would have told me about it not being included when I asked him about the lens.
raid
Dad Photographer
The luckiest number is an 8.
4 stands for death. No Asian buyer would buy a camera with 4 in its number, I have been told.
link: https://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/social_customs/lucky_number.htm
Pál_K
Cameras. I has it.
Interesting. What about the Leica M4 or Nikon F4, though? I have a 1971 Pentax and Super Takumar lens with a 4 in their serial numbers - would these have been weeded out from manufacturing and sent off to western markets?
EDIT - I see the link is for China; I thought the feelings about numbers pertained to Japan.
raid
Dad Photographer
The RFF thread on the replica Summicron 35/2 gets into this issue. Almost all lenses for RFF have a 4 in them.
