Let's see your Leica M

M3+Hologon 16mm; M9+Rigid Summicron 1957; M8+Rigid Summicron 1958. My M3 is a single stroke with a serial number slightly less than 1 million. I have the Leica receipt with QC check.


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Picked up another M3 this time mated to a Voigt 50/1.5 ASPH Nokton: Leica Screw Mount Lens. See below for the overhaul by Youxin Ye (thx again YY)

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Leica M3 CLA
Recover
Replace broken internediate gear assembly
Replace broken main gear/coupling disc
Replace missing PV tension spring

Thanks again Mr Ye
 
kshapero said:
UNSOLICTED ADVICE to newbies, yougins and all. Don't discount a screw mount lens for Leica type rangefinders. Some of them are awesome in their own right. Adapters are plentiful and cheap for your M Mount rangefinders.

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They used to be great values, but the market has really caught up with them. I would also add for B&W film, you might also prefer the older (most likely less expensive) optical stuff. Pictures I've taken with old Sonnars (Nikon, Zeiss, Cannon) are just full of character and plenty sharp. Unfortunately not many of them survived 'the Great Camera Sell Off of 2018.'
 
kshapero said:
Picked up another M3 this time mated to a Voigt 50/1.5 ASPH Nokton: Leica Screw Mount Lens. See below for the overhaul by Youxin Ye (thx again YY)
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Two isn't bad. One for each hand. Still trying to justify why I have three M2's. One for each hand and one ... to balance on my head, maybe? Actually three is my minimum -- once had a camera break on a trip, so that's two minimum for traveling away from home. And then once had a camera become unavailable right before a trip, so you need three to be reasonably assured of two available. Then you need a couple SLRs or MF for change of pace. Creative types get bored easily. So, you can easily justify seven or so cameras, one for each day of the week, which in photographers math really turns out to nine or ten cameras. You see, two isn't bad. Very reasonable in fact.
 
steveyork said:
Two isn't bad. One for each hand. Still trying to justify why I have three M2's. One for each hand and one ... to balance on my head, maybe? Actually three is my minimum -- once had a camera break on a trip, so that's two minimum for traveling away from home. And then once had a camera become unavailable right before a trip, so you need three to be reasonably assured of two available. Then you need a couple SLRs or MF for change of pace. Creative types get bored easily. So, you can easily justify seven or so cameras, one for each day of the week, which in photographers math really turns out to nine or ten cameras. You see, two isn't bad. Very reasonable in fact.
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Let the force be with you, grasshopper:angel:
 
maddoc said:
What was "the Great Camera Sell Off of 2018"?😱
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Very sad period in my life. 🙁 In a fit of simplification, some lenses, an M3, and all my Nikon stuff went to that big auction site in the sky. Which means ... times to replenish!!!!

Actually, I like to accumulate gear, try them for a period to gain the user experience, then pass them on to another if they're not permanent keeps. Still wish I had the M3 and the black Nikon F 64 though ....
 
kshapero said:
UNSOLICTED ADVICE to newbies, yougins and all. Don't discount a screw mount lens for Leica type rangefinders. Some of them are awesome in their own right. Adapters are plentiful and cheap for your M Mount rangefinders.

😎
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This might do as proof; taken with a 1938 Leica III and a Summitar.


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Regards, David
 
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