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Hi JimG,

Nice acquistion, congratulations! I'd also endorse Oleg for curtain replacement on that unit.

Good luck and hope you enjoy using the camera soon!

Joseph
 
Buze ~ very nice Zorki.3 - looks well cared for. And a nice photo too.
JimG ~ congrats on a good find. Just what you were lookin' for, heh? Enjoy!
 
My 1936 IIIa and my Dad's 1930's Vibroplex telegraph key. It's got nothing to do with the camera other than they are of a similar vintage and are both very precise mechanical designs. And I think they look kind of cool together.

My father used this key before the 2nd World War when he was a buck sargeant in the Army. Because he had a first class FCC radio-telegraph license and was very electronically savy he was sent to a special officer's prepatory school in New England just before the war where they commisioned him as a 2nd lt. in the Signal Corps and he landed in Italy as Eisenhower's Signals Officer. He was in Korea when I was born. He retired a Lt Col. in 1959. He died in 2000. He was an avid photographer and gave me my first camera ( A Yashica 44 TLR) in 1965.
 

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Gordon Coale said:
That's some telegraph key!
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For the uninitiated it's called a "bug" and before digital keys it was probably the fastest key to be had. It takes some getting used to however if one has only used a standard key. It moves sideways. Not up and down. One direction is dots and the other dashes. It is spring loaded so it will repeat on the dot side by holding the key to that side for the required number of dots. It is beyond my skill level which is pretty basic.


Correction. I think it will repeat in both directions. It's been years since I played with it.
 
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Tower type 3

Tower type 3

I posted this in the Camera & Coffee thread, but I wanted to include it here as well for those that might be interested & missed it... Ok, it's not a Leica, but it is definitely as close as I'm going to get for quite a while! I recently bought this great camera from RFF member Dexdog... It was a really good deal! I currently only have fsu lenses in ltm, but hope to pick up a nikkor 50/2 or a collapsible leitz when I have saved some $$$

Peter

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Congrats! Nice to know I'm in good company since I recently got one also sporting an FSU collapsible. High quality workmanship, smoother operation than the FSUs.

Joseph
 
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Regan: Shiny, shiny pretty pretty.... Careful, the Zorkie's may be getting jealous.
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Shiny pic... it's my stupid Kodak Digicam, a freebie hand-me-down from my sister. It's got this horrendous, glaring,
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in every shot that I can't get rid of. joe calls my camera shots "romantic." ha! Anyway, like I said, the digi is a freebie so hey, glow away!

Thanks guys!
 
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Shiny pic... it's my stupid Kodak Digicam, a freebie hand-me-down from my sister. It's got this horrendous, glaring, glow
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Heh. I know what you mean. My Digi is a cheap POS that I got because my step-mother believed it totally broken. It's a Kodak DC3400 and most of my shots have that same (#($&#(*&$ glow. Gotta get something better without actually spending any real money... 😱 😀

William
 
William,

If you are unhappy with your 'glowy' digi shots & don't want to spend much $$$ take a look at ebay... Some 4-5mp cameras have dropped to very low prices now (even new). The shot of my Tower was taken with a $75 barely used Rollei dt4000... I did get a good price, but this sort of deal seems to be available often.

Peter
 
I just got home and have been playing with my IIf. This is so beautiful and I am so glad I busted oout the dollars. I have been out shooting with it in between developing rolls from my last trip. I love using it and can't wait to finish off the roll and see how the photo's are.
 

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I will [hopefully] soon be able to post some photos of the Leica IIIc that is on its way to me. My Canon IVsb turned out to be fine; I did not correctly load the film and caused some jamming.
 
It is a IIf and it is in very good condition. The lens does show cleaning marks though but all shutter speeds appear to be working just fine as advertised. I bought it here on the forum from a member. I love this camera and since I got back it is the only one I have used shooting about 15 frames so far. I can't wait to finish the roll off and see how we did. That little camera fits in my L2 Alice between the 2 MPs... I was just meant to have this little gem.
 
Leica IIIf w/ Elmar

Leica IIIf w/ Elmar

As my own little IIIf now finally has made it back from CLA, I guess it's time to post a picture of it. While it's been away, I have managed to get my hands on some filters ( yellow, green, red, blue and UV in 18,5 mm sizes) and a cable release (a Leitz one to my surprise). Hopefully, somewhere here's the camera in a somewhat fuzzy glory. (If I got it right...) 😀
 

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