giulio stucchi
Well-known
Another gem in the "museum" Van Straten 
good looking camera Erik.
Giulio
good looking camera Erik.
Giulio
Erik van Straten
Veteran
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.
Erik.
roundg
Well-known
No, IMHO, the modern black painting and plastic knob are not good match to original leica.
Erik van Straten
Veteran
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.
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
Veteran
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.
Erik.
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
Slippery slope...
mcfingon
Western Australia
I think they proliferate by some sort of budding process:
brennanphotoguy
Well-known
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
Veteran
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
Well-known
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
Veteran
johannielscom
Snorting silver salts
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
Veteran
It's obvious that you need a black and nickel Leitz VIDOM 'torpedo' viewfinder with that, Mike...
I will just rub some shoe polish on my VIOOH and fake it for now.
brennanphotoguy
Well-known
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
IIIg + Jupiter-12 by Brennan McKissick, on FlickrSchuter
Established
Thomas78
Well-known
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
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
Established
I recently inherited a 1955 IIIf with the collapsible summicron and have been very impressed with results from the lens.
brennanphotoguy
Well-known
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.