djhurley92
Established
'53 IIIf with Heliar 15 (just arrived today)
Montag006
Established
That's a beautiful IIIf DJ....
Fantastic lens too, however I only speak from second hand info, haven't owned 1 yet.
Camera shots like your's make it hard to fight off the lust for a IIf or IIIf.
Enjoy the camera and hopefully share some shots!
David
Fantastic lens too, however I only speak from second hand info, haven't owned 1 yet.
Camera shots like your's make it hard to fight off the lust for a IIf or IIIf.
Enjoy the camera and hopefully share some shots!
David
finarphin
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I'm not sure if this link will work, but this is a quick shot I did of my Leica IIIf. The photo doesn't do it justice; I think it is exceedingly beautiful, by far the most beautiful camera model ever made. I'm very happy to have one.
http://500px.com/photo/62766423?from=set/1206473
http://500px.com/photo/62766423?from=set/1206473
Mr_Flibble
In Tabulas Argenteas Refero
Too many IIIc cameras? Me?! Certainly not!
HuubL
hunter-gatherer
johannielscom
Snorting silver salts
Tom I already have one of your US Army ones (bottom right corner)
Huub, this is only half of my army
Yup,
there's at least two more that I know of...
Mr_Flibble
In Tabulas Argenteas Refero
And an M3 *cough cough cough*
johannielscom
Snorting silver salts
Ah yes, that too.
When the little green and bug-eyed folks land and one mumbles 'take me to your dealer', I guess you'll be taking them my place, yes?
nparsons13
Well-known
Thanks for this information. I've see a couple more photos of cameras with the "shutter button guard" since I posted mine.
johannielscom
Snorting silver salts
Pls be advised that this button guard also is standard on Russian Zorki rangefinders of a certain vintage, which are faked into 'Leicas' quite often.
The tell is either the rangefinder 'window pane' or the rangefinder cam inside the lens mount when you take the lens off: A Leica has a round wheel, while the Russian cameras (Zorkis and FEDs) have either a sharp triangular or a golf club shaped cam.
The opposite also happens: sooner or later someone will declare your authentic Leica a fake when spotting the button guard, mark my words...
nparsons13
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The opposite also happens: sooner or later someone will declare your authentic Leica a fake when spotting the button guard, mark my words...
Ha! The first thing I did when I noticed the guard was to go over the camera thoroughly again to make sure I hadn't missed a fake the first time. No, it's a Leica in every regard but that cup-shaped guard. Chimaera143
Newbie
This is my first post on this forum, though I have been lurking here for a while. This is a fantastic thread with all the Barnack beauties. Here is mine - a Leica 1 Model C with standardized mount, dated to 1931 by serial number. I've got the Barnack bug bad, and nothing but nickel on black enamel will do.
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HuubL
hunter-gatherer
That's a beautiful camera! Welcome to RFF! Show us more of your black beauties.
nparsons13
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Good to know. Thanks!
johannielscom
Snorting silver salts
Nice. I knew about the finish being different than the Zorki part, I was under the impression they were Japanese-made.
Learn something new every day, thanks Stephen!
Bill Clark
Veteran
MISH
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went to Tamarkin Camera my last trip to Chicago. Spent a long time talking all things Leica with Dan (what a wonderful way to spend some time) Walked out the new owner of this 1936 Leica III and SOOBI viewfinder. The camera has something I have never seen before, a aftermarket shutter speed dial. Dan said these were sometimes changed by people wanting to get a better grip on the dial.
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greyelm
Malcolm
The shutter dial is actually a part of the VACU add-on to allow the use of a flash gun on older LTM models. See below
http://gmpphoto.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/leitz-vacu.html
MISH
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thanks for clearing that up
AlwaysOnAuto
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IIIa shot with NEX 5n w/Nikon 50 1.4 LTM