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

[BillG]

you can see my IIIf at this page on my website

http://wjgibson.ca/LeicIIIf.htm

 

[yossi]

Greeting to ALL. This is Yossi from Singapore and my very first post here.

Sorry for being sooo late for the party Attached is my IIIG + Ricoh GR28 lens with a metal Canon 28 finder.

 

[reagan]

Welcome yossi! Very nice gear and a great photo.

 

[flashover]

Recived my 2nd model III on Fri. Both are 1936 vintage model III and IIIa

 

[Gordon Coale]

Sweet! They make my IIIc look like a porker.

 

[Ash]

My new'un - Leica Standard2

I need a good digital camera, my cameraphone is appalling.

 

[raid]

Ash: The camera looks super cool. Is the finder permanently attched to the body? My Standard has two accessory shoes but no attached finder.


Raid

 

[reagan]

John & Ash, lots of good Barnacks there... nice!

I need a good digital camera, my cameraphone is appalling.

Ditto. And yet, with screw-mounts to feed, shoot and primp, I refuse to lay down (and can't justify) the bucks to get one. Ha!

 

[flashover]

Sweet! They make my IIIc look like a porker.

Gordon What's that on top of your camera? How many channels do you get with it.

 

[Ash]

Damn that's an enticing camera! Looks like you got a hard case for yours, mine came in a soft leather "pouch". I need to remove the lil purse handle bit and give it a shoulder strap, so it can hide under my jacket

Here's the IIIc, and the Standard and IIIc together. More appalling pics to come

 

[Ash]

CVBLZ4, you know you want one

Here's my Leica Standard balanced atop a banana.

 

[raid]

Ash: The balancing of the Standard on the banana is a good one.

Raid

 

[Ash]

I tried to be different

 

[reagan]

Here's my Leica Standard balanced atop a banana.

Remember folks, you saw it here at RFF - the world's first "Leica Banana-pod!"

 

[Ash]

Th soft texture works wonders for the slow shutter speeds

 

[thafred]

Ash: The camera looks super cool. Is the finder permanently attched to the body? My Standard has two accessory shoes but no attached finder.


Raid

Hi Raid,
The Finder is screwed onto the body by 4 tiny screws, on my standard the finder is missing (almost impossible to find a replacement)
I think you have the later edition of the standard intended for science work (those 2 shoes are for connecting various accesoirs) IIRC

Get yourself a CV 25/4 or 21/4 and be a (very) happy snapper!!

 

[Ash]

Thafred, isn't it difficult to change shutter speeds with that finder in the way?

 

[raid]

Hi Raid,
The Finder is screwed onto the body by 4 tiny screws, on my standard the finder is missing (almost impossible to find a replacement)
I think you have the later edition of the standard intended for science work (those 2 shoes are for connecting various accesoirs) IIRC

Get yourself a CV 25/4 or 21/4 and be a (very) happy snapper!!

thafred: Thanks for the useful information on my Standard.

Raid

 

[thafred]

Thafred, isn't it difficult to change shutter speeds with that finder in the way?

No, it isn´t as much in the way as it looks on the picture.
on my IIIa thou I can´t change the shutter speed at all because the finder blocks lifting the wheel!
The only issue I encoutered with this setup is that the finder seems to sit too close to the lens compared to a bessa body so framing needs some practice but it´s doable.
I guess it´s the most compact Superwide outfit imaginable

 

[Ash]

Ah nice. It's a pity you're missing the finder, though. I'm guessing yours was originally a donor body

Annoyingly, the external finder wouldn't mount on my Standard, as there wouldn't be space (as you can see from the 4 screws)