M3 with line through serial number???
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That looks like a pretty big M3 stamp too.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
That line through the serial number is a strange one ... and it's noticable that a lot of the screws around the camera have a rather chewed look which personally would worry me. You can't see the inside and that sort of workmanship may be right through the camera!
I'd want better for a starting bid that high!
I'd want better for a starting bid that high!
photobizzz
Speak of the Devil
Yea I noticed the screws on the hot shoe were mashed up
photobizzz
Speak of the Devil
Yea I agree, I already decided against it, I have been waiting for a good M2/M3 to come along at a decent price ($600) but I am still waiting. KEH has a few for around $665 in BGN condition, I may go that route but dont like that I cant see the actual camera before I plunk down over six hundred dollars.
kully
Happy Snapper
I was going to say the same thing as sitemistic - seemed like a top-plate replacement the first time I looked at it. It's a pretty neat crossout, it'd be a unusual (not to mention ineffectual) thing for a crook to do.
Yeah, those screw heads don't look to healthy, the hot-shoe ones I can understand as mine (M2) have come loose a few times and I've had to get take a pen-knife to them giving them a little scarring - but you'd think whomever took the camera apart would have the right sized screwdrivers for the ones on the body shell.
Yeah, those screw heads don't look to healthy, the hot-shoe ones I can understand as mine (M2) have come loose a few times and I've had to get take a pen-knife to them giving them a little scarring - but you'd think whomever took the camera apart would have the right sized screwdrivers for the ones on the body shell.
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Roberto
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ErikFive said:
😀 LOL 🙂 thanks!
bob cole
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photobizzz said:
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There are at least two official or semi-official periods of Leica defacement -- one I personally experienced but only found out today why, in my case, Leica cameras were defaced, after I looked it up...
First, according to Jim Lager's authoritative "Leica , AnIllustrated History," Vol. 1, Cameras," some Leicas with German military markings were defaced in various ways to remove, cover or scratch out the markings... No mention is made about who did the defacing...
In my own case, I seem to remember that after World War II, in the 1950s or early 1960s or so, when I brought a Leica to Europe, I was aware that for some reason Leicas were being defaced at customs but I didn't know why...
I also knew that I could avoid that problem if I had documents proving that I bought the camera in the U.S., so I carried papers saying I had bought it in the US -- and my Leica was not defaced...Today I found out why...
Look at this:
..."After WWII," according to Emil G. Keller, a retired member of the E. Leitz, Inc. New York agency for Leitz, Wetzlar, "the US government auctioned the firm off to Dunhill, a decision Keller reports as totally unacceptable to Leitz. For a short period the Leica name in the USA belonged to Dunhill, not Leitz resulting in the spectacle of authentic Leica's being defaced at customs so they could be brought into the States by returning citizens."
http://www.phsc.ca/leitzny.html
I never knew until today that Dunhill, the tobacco and cigarette-lighter company, had owned Leica...
sienarot
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photobizzz: you may want to consider dropping a line to Youxin Ye (wye7@yahoo.com) and see if he's got anything in your price range. I ordered an DS M3 from him that was almost identical to that in condition a couple weeks back for that exact same price. The only thing different to the exterior condition was the release button and self-timer screw had a bit of rust on it, which he replaced for an additional $25. I was in the market for a user M3 within your same budget, and even after shipping, buying one from Youxin was well under that price.
Of course, the big added bonus is coming from Youxin, you'll know it's had a good looking over so if he says it's in tip-top working shape he means it. He confirmed my body was functioning very smoothly, shutter speeds accurate, viewfinder clean and contrasty, and indicated it had new shutter curtains. Given his reputation on this forum, I think I'm going to believe him 🙂
Of course, the big added bonus is coming from Youxin, you'll know it's had a good looking over so if he says it's in tip-top working shape he means it. He confirmed my body was functioning very smoothly, shutter speeds accurate, viewfinder clean and contrasty, and indicated it had new shutter curtains. Given his reputation on this forum, I think I'm going to believe him 🙂
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