FrankS
Registered User
It certainly isn't as nice as your IIIg!
physiognomy
Confirmed RF addict...
raid said:
I agree with Raid... you should all stop talking about how nice the IIIg is...
Peter
Ash
Selflessly Self-involved
The IIIg is NICE. I gotta say it was amazing to handle. Very strange to see frameline brackets on a screwmount leica. Kinda spooked me. At the same time a lot nicer to handle than a lot of cameras.
I think you should hold out if you can Raid. I won't buy one unless a grand falls in my lap... since I handled a MINT perfect working one, with collapsible also minty. I don't think I'd buy one unless it was that one. and £900 was over my budget by about..... £890
I think you should hold out if you can Raid. I won't buy one unless a grand falls in my lap... since I handled a MINT perfect working one, with collapsible also minty. I don't think I'd buy one unless it was that one. and £900 was over my budget by about..... £890
raid
Dad Photographer
Ash: The G seems to combine the beauty and simplicity of a Leica Standard with the sophistication of a Leica M3. Maybe someone will trade me his/her IIIG one day.
Raid
Raid
raid
Dad Photographer
FrankS said:
Frank: Mathematics is my point of weakness, so maybe your estimate is closer to the truth!
Raid
Ash
Selflessly Self-involved
Raid, that's pretty much how I felt when I handled one, and almost the words of the shop clerk in Ace Cameras.
I guess I'd prefer to buy an M2 and use the LTM-M adapter, rather than pick up a IIIg.
I guess I'd prefer to buy an M2 and use the LTM-M adapter, rather than pick up a IIIg.
raid
Dad Photographer
Ash: If I sell "some stuff", maybe then a IIIg will be affordable one day. It looks so elegant. Actually, I want it for use, so a beater IIIg would be fine. Maybe such a IIIg does not exist since it is collectible.
I have a nice black Leica Standard that I would consider trading.
Raid
I have a nice black Leica Standard that I would consider trading.
Raid
Ash
Selflessly Self-involved
Wash your mouth out!! Don't sell the standard!!
I'm not keen on the timer lever and well I see the LTM and M as two TOTALLY different cameras, made by the same company. The IIIg seemed perfect for people who only have one or the other. Course, we're all getting a kick in the stomach from GAS so for me especially I hope I can keep the IIIc and Standard, then get an later on.
I'm not keen on the timer lever and well I see the LTM and M as two TOTALLY different cameras, made by the same company. The IIIg seemed perfect for people who only have one or the other. Course, we're all getting a kick in the stomach from GAS so for me especially I hope I can keep the IIIc and Standard, then get an later on.
physiognomy
Confirmed RF addict...
Looks like a nice one is about to finish up on the dreaded auction site... Leica IIIg (click) ... don't look!
Peter
Peter
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
To all who are suffering IIIg gas ... keep suffering 'caus I have one and I'll keep posting pics until you all sell your children to get one!
Seriously though, that particular IIIg came from Ash's part of the world via ebay. It was $1100.00 Australian (body only) which is about 450.00 in your money Ash! When I bought it the seller told me there would be a week delay in sending it as he wanted to get it CLA'd first (gasp!). I think I was damned lucky!
Holding that camera is the nearest thing to talking to God I have experienced yet!
Seriously though, that particular IIIg came from Ash's part of the world via ebay. It was $1100.00 Australian (body only) which is about 450.00 in your money Ash! When I bought it the seller told me there would be a week delay in sending it as he wanted to get it CLA'd first (gasp!). I think I was damned lucky!
Holding that camera is the nearest thing to talking to God I have experienced yet!
Ash
Selflessly Self-involved
Damn you Keith. And you WERE lucky about the CLA. The one I handled was the closest any of us could ever consider truly MINT. The *only* faults on the camera was a tiny mark of brassing on the eyepiece corner, and another on the accessory shoe I *think* and otherwise was as-new.
They wanted £900 with the sum-something lens, or £600-700 body only I think.
They wanted £900 with the sum-something lens, or £600-700 body only I think.
yossi
Well-known
Keith novak said:To all who are suffering IIIg gas ... keep suffering 'caus I have one and I'll keep posting pics until you all sell your children to get one!
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Holding that camera is the nearest thing to talking to God I have experienced yet!
Seriously, while IIIg is a very cool camera, I've found IIIf a much nicer camera to shoot. OK, it doesn't have that 90mm frame lines (with parallex correction), but it is smaller, lighter and just as beautiful (some say nicer than a IIIg).
Just yesterday, an old collector friend told me that he has a "new"-in-box IIIg that he bought new and had never used. He was offered S$5,500 (~US$3667) but still wondering if he should sell it. (I would sell my near-mint IIIg for half of that. Before anyone gets interested, Leicavit not included
) Man, this IIIg gas can be sooo poisonous !
yossi
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
raid
Dad Photographer
Ash said:Wash your mouth out!! Don't sell the standard!!
I'm not keen on the timer lever and well I see the LTM and M as two TOTALLY different cameras, made by the same company. The IIIg seemed perfect for people who only have one or the other. Course, we're all getting a kick in the stomach from GAS so for me especially I hope I can keep the IIIc and Standard, then get an later on.
Ash,
I LOVE my Leica Standard for what it stands for. History and Simplicity.
I just got back the Canon IVSB serviced,so it is "like new to me", and I have a nice Leica IIIc. These cameras are great little cameras for street and porch photography [new term?].
Maybe someone [with a IIIg] is lusting for a piece of Leica history ... send me a pm.
Raid
raid
Dad Photographer
Keith novak said:Sorry Raid ................................................
Keith,
Why [me] sorry ? If I post a photo of my Leica Standard, you may be sorry
I am quite happy with what I have, as I got a mint M6 last month only.
Raid
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Ash
Selflessly Self-involved
Heh... all this talk about leicas and I'm still swooned by my Contax! *ducks!*
raid
Dad Photographer
Keith: You have a nice looking Standard too. Good for you.
Raid
Raid
mc_vancouver
Established
So long, old friend...
So long, old friend...
When I bought this Leica IIIf from a commercial retailer on eBay, I paid way too much for it, having not done enough research. It came with problems the seller did not inform me of, but I chose to keep it anyway, and get the problems fixed. It was, in other words, an impulse purchase.
This summer I got my Bessa R3M and knew I couldn't justify holding onto the IIIf just to have it sit on a shelf. I loved the feel of the Leica, but didn't like the tiny rangefinder window, which is really tricky to use if you wear bifocals, as I do. And frankly, funky and retro as the bottom loading is, I always had to fiddle with it to get it seated correctly. And so, I put it up on RFF's classified, but there were no takers.
I put it on eBay a week ago. And I went with the familiar eBay advice of starting with a low bid to attract buyers. Well, guess what: it sold at the low starting bid price. The buyer was in my city. He came over this morning and picked it up. Very happy to have it. He'd paid $180CDN for a really nice condition, recently CLA'd IIIf...and he told me he had been prepared to go as high as (and had entered a maximum bid of) $425 US for it!!
There's a lesson in this for me. I paid more than I should for it, and gave it up for less than the cost of the cleaning, lubrication and adjustment.
It's grey and pissing rain and I'm mad as hell at myself.
So long, old friend...
When I bought this Leica IIIf from a commercial retailer on eBay, I paid way too much for it, having not done enough research. It came with problems the seller did not inform me of, but I chose to keep it anyway, and get the problems fixed. It was, in other words, an impulse purchase.
This summer I got my Bessa R3M and knew I couldn't justify holding onto the IIIf just to have it sit on a shelf. I loved the feel of the Leica, but didn't like the tiny rangefinder window, which is really tricky to use if you wear bifocals, as I do. And frankly, funky and retro as the bottom loading is, I always had to fiddle with it to get it seated correctly. And so, I put it up on RFF's classified, but there were no takers.
I put it on eBay a week ago. And I went with the familiar eBay advice of starting with a low bid to attract buyers. Well, guess what: it sold at the low starting bid price. The buyer was in my city. He came over this morning and picked it up. Very happy to have it. He'd paid $180CDN for a really nice condition, recently CLA'd IIIf...and he told me he had been prepared to go as high as (and had entered a maximum bid of) $425 US for it!!
There's a lesson in this for me. I paid more than I should for it, and gave it up for less than the cost of the cleaning, lubrication and adjustment.
It's grey and pissing rain and I'm mad as hell at myself.
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raid
Dad Photographer
That's OK. We all go through such transactions once in a while. You will have better luck with your next camera deal.
Raid
Raid