Leica LTM Show off your Leica I/II/III/LTM Camera

[giulio stucchi]

Another gem in the "museum" Van Straten 🙂

good looking camera Erik.

Giulio

 

[Erik van Straten]

Thank you Giulio! I want to have a lens for it, I think about another Color-Skopar 50mm f/2.5 but it must be in near mint condition.

Erik.

 

[roundg]

Thank you Giulio! I want to have a lens for it, I think about another Color-Skopar 50mm f/2.5 but it must be in near mint condition.

Erik.

No, IMHO, the modern black painting and plastic knob are not good match to original leica.

 

[Erik van Straten]

No, IMHO, the modern black painting and plastic knob are not good match to original leica.

There is no plastic knob on the Color-Skopar 50mm f/2.5 and the paint work is about the same: neither shiny nor dull black paint on brass.

Erik.

 

[splitimageview]

Erik, do you know if the internals of a non-stepper IIIc can work (or be made to work) with a stepper top plate/shell?

 

[Erik van Straten]

I really don't know, but I think a problem will be the axis on wich the rewind lever is mounted. This will be too short for a stepper top plate.

Erik.

 

[splitimageview]

Yes. Probably will have to disassemble some cameras to see what kind of mod may be possible. I'd prefer to use a regular IIIc as a donor for the painted shell, not a stepper IIIc

 

[jonmanjiro]

Slippery slope...

 

[mcfingon]

I think they proliferate by some sort of budding process:

 

[brennanphotoguy]

Youxin got my IIIg early yesterday afternoon and he emailed me last night around 11pm saying it was done haha. Hoping to have it back early next week so I can post a photo of it cleaned up with my new Cub & Co strap that's on its way.

 

[gb hill]

Youxin got my IIIg early yesterday afternoon and he emailed me last night around 11pm saying it was done haha. Hoping to have it back early next week so I can post a photo of it cleaned up with my new Cub & Co strap that's on its way.

Just followed you on the IG. Love the photography you are doing there. That's a fast turnaround. Must not of been in too bad shape.

 

[brennanphotoguy]

Just followed you on the IG. Love the photography you are doing there. That's a fast turnaround. Must not of been in too bad shape.

Nah, it was clean but it had never been serviced before haha. I put a roll through it and the speeds were all over the place in the lows and highs and I could just tell it needed to be lubed up a bit.

Thanks! I appreciate it.

 

[Greyscale]

Leica II with Elmar 90/4 by Mike Novak, on Flickr

 

[johannielscom]

Leica II with Elmar 90/4 by Mike Novak, on Flickr

It's obvious that you need a black and nickel Leitz VIDOM 'torpedo' viewfinder with that, Mike... 😀 There's just no way around that 😉

 

[Greyscale]

It's obvious that you need a black and nickel Leitz VIDOM 'torpedo' viewfinder with that, Mike... 😀 There's just no way around that 😉

I will just rub some shoe polish on my VIOOH and fake it for now.😛

 

[brennanphotoguy]

All CLA'd and done. 3 rolls through it and I've only had it back for a week. IIIg + Jupiter-12 + Barbour jacket.

IIIg + Jupiter-12 by Brennan McKissick, on Flickr

 

[Schuter]

 

[Thomas78]

Leica IIIf RD (1953) with Summitar 50mm f/2.0 (1952)

I got it a few years ago from a friend of my uncle who used to be a camera collector. The Summitar is really a nice lens which I should use more often.

IMG_3987b by Thomas Harwardt, auf Flickr

 

[briansilcox]

I recently inherited a 1955 IIIf with the collapsible summicron and have been very impressed with results from the lens.

 

[brennanphotoguy]

Not gonna lie, I've been using my IIIg almost every day for the past 3-4 weeks and love not having to carry a bag anymore and just throwing this in my pocket. It's great for day to day stuff even though the M cameras are infinitely easier to use in practice.