Leica LTM Show off your Leica I/II/III/LTM Camera
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Jerevan said:
Are those Leica 18.5mm filters?
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JimG said:
Nice to finally see your LII, congrats!
Joseph
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Thank's Joseph. Actually I still want to get a 1/2 case for my II from Luigi. I'm still hoping someday one of my fellow members here will want to sell their's.
Jerevan
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Yep, they are 18.5 mm filters, but not Leica ones. They are Kenko filters, inscribed "21.5 mm" which is the outside diameter. After using them (I only use the Y2) I have to say that it's still iffy to change apertures. It's not like I change apertures on a whim, to put it nicely. Good thing is I can't poke the finger onto the lens any longer. 🙂 It would work nicely with a VALOO hood as the one you have.Rich Silfver said:
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Eco, you paid 15 dollars for the Leica? Nice.. 🙂
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I bought this Leica 111a a few years back, wearing a nice little coated Elmar 50mm f3.5 dated to around 1936. Obviously the Elmar had been back to the factory as they were not coated prewar. Even more obviously the camera had been back too. If you look closely you will see that it has the 111f flash sync dial coaxial with the shutter speed dial. It was upgraded, sometime in the 1950s I imagine using the Leica service to provide flash sync. Given this and the lovely condition of the camera it was obviously owned by someone who was as potty about it as me.
Here it is wearing an equally nice Summarit 50mm. I have a lot of fun with these lenses plus another Summitar 50mm, a Canon 50mm f1.8, an Elmar 90mm f4, a Summaron 35mm f 3.5 and a Hecktor 135mm f4.5. One day I hope to add a Summar to the family.
I am in hogs heaven with this kit.
My Baby
I bought this Leica 111a a few years back, wearing a nice little coated Elmar 50mm f3.5 dated to around 1936. Obviously the Elmar had been back to the factory as they were not coated prewar. Even more obviously the camera had been back too. If you look closely you will see that it has the 111f flash sync dial coaxial with the shutter speed dial. It was upgraded, sometime in the 1950s I imagine using the Leica service to provide flash sync. Given this and the lovely condition of the camera it was obviously owned by someone who was as potty about it as me.
Here it is wearing an equally nice Summarit 50mm. I have a lot of fun with these lenses plus another Summitar 50mm, a Canon 50mm f1.8, an Elmar 90mm f4, a Summaron 35mm f 3.5 and a Hecktor 135mm f4.5. One day I hope to add a Summar to the family.
I am in hogs heaven with this kit.
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that camera looks new!
very nice indeed.
...as potty about it as me... ???
joe
very nice indeed.
...as potty about it as me... ???
joe
peterm1
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OK back ally....I give in, I have checked out your site and you are more potty than me :^)
Very nice shots.
The 111a is indeed very clean. I don't know about it being as new but it would not be far off. Mind you, it did not come especially cheap but as these prewar Barnack cameras are my foavourite LTM cameras I was willing to get it while the getting was good.
Very nice shots.
The 111a is indeed very clean. I don't know about it being as new but it would not be far off. Mind you, it did not come especially cheap but as these prewar Barnack cameras are my foavourite LTM cameras I was willing to get it while the getting was good.
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i was asking what potty means.
i couldn't get it from the context.
joe
i couldn't get it from the context.
joe
peterm1
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Sorry back ally. "Potty" can mean several things but in this context its about equivalent to the American "I am crazy or nuts about these cameras " (I am assuming you must be USA based as the term has the same slang meaning in the UK and Australia.)
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i'm in western canada.
thanks for the meaning, i've never heard the phrase before.
to me potty is a kid's term for the bathroom.
joe
thanks for the meaning, i've never heard the phrase before.
to me potty is a kid's term for the bathroom.
joe
peterm1
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Yep it can have the same meaning here too but it all depends on context.......dangerous!
back alley
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livin' & learnin'
thanks.
thanks.
thafred
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Hi,
Finaly found time to take a Digi snapshot of my ltm´s..
both were sub 100€ cameras inpretty bad shape....the IIIa from the bay (flash syncro on the top plate...ouch...releathered with Aki´s fine clothes) and the Leica I was found on a flea market without finder and spool... the Leica I in combination with the 21/4 colour skopar is my favorite camera...kinda like a Luxus Bessa L! soo compact and silent...I allways carry it around!
The leather was in very bad shape but I could slide it off without breaking...afterwards I soaked it in Ethanol 97% and baked it back on the body shell in my oven! worked like a charm..its way softer now and sticks to the body very nice...even the brown tone came back!!
the I dates back to 1937/38 and the IIIa to 1939
cheers!
Finaly found time to take a Digi snapshot of my ltm´s..
both were sub 100€ cameras inpretty bad shape....the IIIa from the bay (flash syncro on the top plate...ouch...releathered with Aki´s fine clothes) and the Leica I was found on a flea market without finder and spool... the Leica I in combination with the 21/4 colour skopar is my favorite camera...kinda like a Luxus Bessa L! soo compact and silent...I allways carry it around!
The leather was in very bad shape but I could slide it off without breaking...afterwards I soaked it in Ethanol 97% and baked it back on the body shell in my oven! worked like a charm..its way softer now and sticks to the body very nice...even the brown tone came back!!
the I dates back to 1937/38 and the IIIa to 1939
cheers!
