show off your black paint barnack

[Erik van Straten]

Leica III/Color Skopar 50mm f/2.5

Erik.

 

[p.giannakis]

Black III look gorgeous.

 

[Erik van Straten]

They're the best early Leicas for actual shooting. Incredible mechanics.


Erik.

 

[carbo73]

Leica III/Color Skopar 50mm f/2.5

Erik.

wow, really black on black, that Voigtländer on that black III. Elegant indeed.

 

[Pál_K]

Yes - I'll bet that black Voigtländer lens really makes the III more enjoyable to use. It looks quite good and proper.

 

[haempe]

crappy pic but beloved device

 

[Doug]

^^ Has sort of a steam-punk look, doesn't it... 🙂

 

[haempe]

^^ Has sort of a steam-punk look, doesn't it... 🙂

Yes, somewhat ... but actually I don't know anything about the whole steampunk thing
😱

 

[Shac]

1934 Standard (E) with FOKOS (HFOOK) Short-Base Rangefinder (Xposted on Show off your Leica I/II/III/LTM Camera Thread)

 

[capitalK]

My black beauty Leica II (1932) with matching nickel Elmar. I did get it CLA'd, but unfortunately the shutter gummed up again a year later. For now it's just a shelf queen.

Please give me a follow on Instagram while you look 😀

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw8Yy73hpAM/

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica II with strap lugs.

 

[Vince Lupo]

Pretty sure I've posted this one in other threads in the past....

I sold this one a few years back, and I only had it for a very brief time. At the time it was listed by KEH as a 'Leica IIIcK, repainted', and I believe it was $600. There weren't any photos of it (as is generally the case with KEH), so I bought it literally sight-unseen. I tend to gravitate to 'weird' item descriptions with no photos 🙂

It was in fact a Leica IIIcK repaint (I'm assuming it was originally grey), but what KEH didn't realize was that not only was it a IIIcK repaint, but it was a Luftwaffe IIIcK repaint. Shipment 9439, delivery date 2/3/1943, 17 cameras in the batch.


K1 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


K19 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


K18 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr


K10 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

I sold it the day after I got it - I should have held onto it for a bit longer.

 

[splitimageview]

Whoa...that looks like a factory repaint, if indeed it was originally grey.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Great story, Vince, I remember it from some time ago.

Many people think that only the camera's with a "K" on the curtains and after the serial number have ball-bearings, but in fact all the IIIc's before Nr. 450 000 have ball-bearing shutters. The "K" after the serial number and on the curtains were only military obligations.

Erik.

 

[Vince Lupo]

Whoa...that looks like a factory repaint, if indeed it was originally grey.

Dunno - I showed it to Jim Lager and he said (and I agreed at the time) that it was a 'bad' repaint. Now whether that meant that someone other than the factory did it, who knows. One thing I do know is that Luftwaffe IIIcK's are very scarce, hence my wish that I'd held onto it for a bit longer. Ah well, live and learn.

 

[splitimageview]

'bad' or not, it looks factory to me, just aged.

But I've never heard of a IIIck that was originally black.

Jim is the expert for sure.

Would love to come across a IIIck at some point, for the time being more than happy with my red curtain IIIc.

 

[shawn]

My growing collection...

Shawn

 

[cassel]

 

[Greyscale]

\Leica II (Model D) with nickel eleven o'clock Elmar by Mike Novak, on Flickr

 

[Pál_K]

... watch out, Model I is hopelessly addictive.

...

You’re right. Athough I love my 1934 Leica III, the Model I has a strong appeal for me and now I want one. There is something special about that “mound” the shutter speed dial sits on and the simple elegance of the viewfinder.

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The Leica I used originally the FILCA A type. I have a Leica I that accepts only FILCA A and B cassettes, but not the modern cassettes from the film companies. The FILCA A was not entirely reliable.
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Is it only certain Leica I’s which won’t accept modern cassettes?