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That is also NOT a LEICA, rather it is a FED or ZORKI that has been stripped of its Chrome down to brass, the original engraving has been polished off, and it has been re-engraved with the Leica nomenclature, and it also has a new body covering. Also the never-ready case has had the front re-embossed with the Leica logo.
 
phototone said:
That is also NOT a LEICA, rather it is a FED or ZORKI that has been stripped of its Chrome down to brass, the original engraving has been polished off, and it has been re-engraved with the Leica nomenclature, and it also has a new body covering. Also the never-ready case has had the front re-embossed with the Leica logo.
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Of course, that's why it's funny.
 
oh....my......god.......

you know, some of the fake "leicas" are really nicely done, nice pieces of work in their own rights. some of the ones i have seen i have been sorely tempted by, simply because of the quality of the workmanship that has gone into converting a humble fed or zorki.

this, however, is not one of them.

it looks congealed, rather than designed.

it gives "ugly" a bad name.

the artisans who produce the nice fakes should be hunting down the person responsible for this travesty and at the very least givng them a huge wedgie while explaining the subtler points of leica faking.........

enough. viewing the pictures of this steaming piece of crud has made me want to go and have a nice soothing cup of tea, and a therapuetic fondle of the IIIf.




🙂
 
I don't think you guys really appreciate Illinois homegrown craftsmanship. It takes many, many hours of intense labor to puke on a piece of roadkill and skillfully mold it into a camera cover. ... We also make lens caps the size of Hefty Trash bags.... for just such occasions.
 
CVBLZ4 said:
I don't think you guys really appreciate Illinois homegrown craftsmanship. It takes many, many hours of intense labor to puke on a piece of roadkill and skillfully mold it into a camera cover. ... We also make lens caps the size of Hefty Trash bags.... for just such occasions.
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As long as the roadkill doesn't have any tatoos on the skin to spoil the effect. 🙄
 
captainslack said:
And at the opposite end of the spectrum we have this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Leica-IIIa-Mont...545712692QQcategoryZ30030QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Now that's a really good fake!!! If I didn't know better, I think that WAS a Leica III!
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A bit short of shutter dials to be a model III so let's not get carried away about this. However, the camera itself seems to be quite interesting and I submit that it was cobbled before it was faked - and not so well planned.

The main body appears to be Zorki-1. The top plate is almost certainly Zorki too. I'm not sure about the shutter release. It could be FED but it isn't the same as mine. The VF/RF cover is the interesting bit. It is clearly not Zorki but toilet-seat early FED. As such the faker could could have made more money if he had left it alone. I note though, that some clown is putting up $109 for it....
 
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