my new black leica ii d

[Godfrey]

Love the looks of these Barnaks in black.
I'm content with my Ms, however I have three lenses I could use on a Barnak... So don't tempt me! 🙂

G

 

[Erik van Straten]

I particularly prefer the black paint and chrome combo.

Yours seems to be a postwar conversion without synchronisation. These are my favorites too!

Erik.

 

[nikonosguy]

seems i'm gonna need a new skin for this one --- any suggestions?

 

[B-9]

Cameraleather.com has some of the nicest coverings I've seen.

The griptac looks great on screw mount bodies. Feels like a new camera when attached.
It's also very reasonably priced.

 

[FrankS]

I purchased many camera coverings from Aki Asahi and have been very pleased.

 

[nikonosguy]

frank - - i've ordered before from akai ashai -- no leica ii listed, no color choice, website is a nightmare

most likely will order from cameraleather - just not sure which one to order

 

[Livesteamer]

I have a pair of IIIc's as regular users. One with original vulcanite and the other with Griptac. I like the Griptac much better. It looks good and it improves the grip on what is a small, somewhat heavy and expensive camera. I am tempted to replace the vulcanite on the one but hate to take off original covering. Try Griptac. It's not expensive and if you don't like it you can try something else. Good Luck. Joe

 

[nikonosguy]

am leaning towards the claret -- not sure how it would look on black body:

http://cameraleather.com/colors/claret.htm

 

[nikonosguy]

ok, claret skin ordered....

HELP with lens -- am thinking 1 50 and 1 28 (summar,summitar,summicron???????????? am thinking to match the 1938 vintage--- )and for a 28 i can't help but return to the canon serenar 28... though I'll probably only be able to afford the 3.5 rather than the 2.8

any other suggestions --- still on the hunt for an ablon and a black rasul... the rabbit hole never ends

 

[nikonosguy]

lens is ordered --- it's a temporary lens until i find what i want --- summar from keh

 

[FrankS]

Good choice on the lens.

 

[nikonosguy]

am thinking more 28mm --- but need to have a summar, summitar, and radioactive cron to really have all the different textures

 

[FrankS]

The black Canon 28, 35, and 50 lenses would match nicely.

 

[nikonosguy]

yeah, frank --- i had a 28/3.5, sold it, they sold it to some weird canuck named frank --- and I've heard he's not selling

 

[FrankS]

Nope. You'll have to find another one, sorry!

 

[nikonosguy]

i know- -- it's a great lens --- the ebay prices on the canon 28/f2.8 are crazy high --- i could get a 28mm summaron or 28mm hektor for what they're asking for the 2.8 version

 

[nikonosguy]

sweet -- everything is here -ordered the claret leather covering from cameraleather- have ordered the ablon, the soomp hood and... coolest of all.... SCNOO winder -- am gonna really get this bad boy going --- now for a rasul finder, a canon 28mm 3.5 ltm, and eventually a 12mm --- what other accessories are there?????

 

[FrankS]

Gotta love those screw mount Leicas!

 

[nikonosguy]

got the rosol finder and the ablon --- they were sold out of the soomp hood- - no biggie --- now to work on getting summitar and summicron

 

[Ron (Netherlands)]

had quite some Barnacks in the past....only one stayed: