krötenblender
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Hello
Question to the experts: a colleague yesterday came to me and gave the camera below for free. He had cleaned his basement and found it somewhere in the darkest edge and thought, he'd give it to me instead of throwing it away. Nice to have such colleagues and nice to be known as camera freak... 😀
The camera is not in real good shape (shutter curtain is ripped off from one side, but the mechanics seem to work), but may be it would be fun to restore it and bring it back to life.
If it would be a real Leica, it would be a Leica I from 1928 according to the serial number. But I suspect it being a russian copy (Fed, Zorki?) because the Elmar has printed 50mm instead of 5cm on it and because of some other things.
But since I am no expert for such an old Leica, I am not sure and would like to get your opinion.
The images of the camera can be seen here in original resolution and the first three of them below in the tiny uploads:
http://mempool.net/galleries/misc/leica_zorki/lz1.jpg
http://mempool.net/galleries/misc/leica_zorki/lz2.jpg
http://mempool.net/galleries/misc/leica_zorki/lz3.jpg
http://mempool.net/galleries/misc/leica_zorki/lz4.jpg
http://mempool.net/galleries/misc/leica_zorki/lz5.jpg
Thanks for all your comments.
Question to the experts: a colleague yesterday came to me and gave the camera below for free. He had cleaned his basement and found it somewhere in the darkest edge and thought, he'd give it to me instead of throwing it away. Nice to have such colleagues and nice to be known as camera freak... 😀
The camera is not in real good shape (shutter curtain is ripped off from one side, but the mechanics seem to work), but may be it would be fun to restore it and bring it back to life.
If it would be a real Leica, it would be a Leica I from 1928 according to the serial number. But I suspect it being a russian copy (Fed, Zorki?) because the Elmar has printed 50mm instead of 5cm on it and because of some other things.
But since I am no expert for such an old Leica, I am not sure and would like to get your opinion.
The images of the camera can be seen here in original resolution and the first three of them below in the tiny uploads:
http://mempool.net/galleries/misc/leica_zorki/lz1.jpg
http://mempool.net/galleries/misc/leica_zorki/lz2.jpg
http://mempool.net/galleries/misc/leica_zorki/lz3.jpg
http://mempool.net/galleries/misc/leica_zorki/lz4.jpg
http://mempool.net/galleries/misc/leica_zorki/lz5.jpg
Thanks for all your comments.