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[lxmike]

here is the M2 I did back in 2008




All dolled up... Miss M2 by Helen Hill, on Flickr

very very nice

 

[Greyscale]

Barnack on Barnack bokeh. by Mike Novak, on Flickr

 

[Gbull]

1932 Leica Model D by Jay, on Flickr

 

[Erik van Straten]

 

[LCSmith]

This is my IIIF RD ST with collapsible Summicron. Both the body and lens were born in 1955.

 

[gb hill]

This is my IIIF RD ST with collapsible Summicron. Both the body and lens were born in 1955.

Simply stunning. I came along in 59😀 Was 55 the last year for the Barnacks?

 

[Deleted member 65559]

1960 was the last year of production for the IIIG

 

[LCSmith]

Simply stunning. I came along in 59😀 Was 55 the last year for the Barnacks?

I rather like it. With the SBOOI is quite a pleasure to shoot, and I really lucked out with the 'Cron. Very clean and sharp. Entirely usable for anything. Not exactly pocketable, though, so not in the true spirit of the Barnack.

 

[Ambro51]

Oskar Barnack, before the construction of the UR Leica, experimented with a small camera using 35 film. Leitz still owns this device, it is not understood. George Mann covered it extensively n VIDOM 50. Using this information, I built two of these. It orients vertically and the slide acts a shutter when flicked upwards. Yes, it works.

 

[Ambro51]

And a bit later, a pair of Working UR Leica Replicas. One has the 42mm summar, the other has a 1911 production Zeiss Kino Tessar F 3.5 50. Both function perfectly and take Great images.

 

[johannielscom]

Those replicas are pretty awesome!!!

 

[Erik van Straten]

And a bit later, a pair of Working UR Leica Replicas. One has the 42mm summar, the other has a 1911 production Zeiss Kino Tessar F 3.5 50. Both function perfectly and take Great images.

Wonderful! I love them. Did you made them? Wow.

Erik.

 

[Ambro51]

Leitz replicas made about 1970. The one on the left was modified by Mr Kim in Seoul, the one on the right I rebuilt myself.

 

[Erik van Straten]

I guess you do not sell these camera(s).

Can you show us a picture made with one of those? I would love to see them.

Erik.

 

[Ambro51]

Leitz replicas made about 1970. The one on the left was modified by Mr Kim in Seoul, the one on the right I rebuilt myself.

 

[splitimageview]

Whoa! Never knew Leitz produced those...

 

[Timmyjoe]

Out shooting today in the snow with my DDD camera/lens combo.

Best,
-Tim

 

[Ambro51]

The fire truck shot is taken with UR Leica #9, with the Zeiss Tessar. This was the original lens used by Barnack on both his cine camera and the first tests with the UR. The second shot is with UR Leica #80, using the 6 element Leitz 42mm Mikro Summar. This was the lens used by Barnack for most of his UR shots. The famous Eisenmarket image was taken with the 42mm.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Thanks, Ambro, for sharing these with us. The Mikro Summar seems to be a tad sharper. On that shot the exposure seems to be a tad more even too.

What kind of shutter do these cameras have? Focal plane, of course ... but then? Can the slit be altered?

Leica should introduce a Mikro Summar 42mm for the modern user!

Erik.

 

[Ambro51]

Both camera have an 8mm wide fixed slit. The lens is capped while winding on. As built, as an Attrape non-working display, much inside needs to be changed, production variations sometimes make this difficult. The supplied lens is useless, the shutter supplied doesn’t cover right....but with perseverance, or $$$$ to Mr Kim, the camera Leitz built as a display can actually function exactly the same as it did for Barnack. I really like it, small and very pocketable, it took me a few rolls to “have faith” in it but lots of good negs proved they can do the job.~~~~~~~~ actually, shutter speeds on #80 (mr kim) the speed adjuster Barnack used is functional and gives approx 1/200 and 1/300 speeds. #9 has one speed , about 1/250.