jesse1dog
Light Catcher
Nice Leica!
Nice Leica!
Hi
Have you measured the body length?
If its a IIIc derivative it will be that bit longer.
Leica 'repaired' cameras using new parts and also upgraded on request. If a body shell was replaced I believe they used the old number on the new shell. I would imagine that this is what happened in this case.
Nice camera by the look of it.
Going for a CLA?
j
Nice Leica!
Hi
Have you measured the body length?
If its a IIIc derivative it will be that bit longer.
Leica 'repaired' cameras using new parts and also upgraded on request. If a body shell was replaced I believe they used the old number on the new shell. I would imagine that this is what happened in this case.
Nice camera by the look of it.
Going for a CLA?
j
John Shriver
Well-known
Look at the shutter "crate". That's all the metal inside the camera that forms the film plane, holds the shutter drums, etc. If it is a casting, it's based on a IIIc or later chassis. If it is stamped and folded peices of brass held together with tiny screws, it's based on a IIIb or earlier chassis.
Since the top cover doesn't come down around the lens, I'd expect it to be based on a IIIb or earlier.
Since the top cover doesn't come down around the lens, I'd expect it to be based on a IIIb or earlier.
xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
the bodies of the IIIc IIIf etc. are a bit longer than the III, IIIa & IIIb,
that is why one cannot fit a IIIa baseplate on a IIIc, as an example.
that is why one cannot fit a IIIa baseplate on a IIIc, as an example.
bob cole
Well-known
What kind of Leica is this, standard?
Here are some JPEGs from Jim Lager's literature You will note that one model has a metal piece where the slow speeds can be added later and a later model with a vulcanite patch over the slow speed location...
The third JPEG, from Paul-Henry van Hasbroeck's literature, shows one like yours [1948, New York Standard model, with lugs] and a pre-war Wetzlar one without lugs...
Here are some JPEGs from Jim Lager's literature You will note that one model has a metal piece where the slow speeds can be added later and a later model with a vulcanite patch over the slow speed location...
The third JPEG, from Paul-Henry van Hasbroeck's literature, shows one like yours [1948, New York Standard model, with lugs] and a pre-war Wetzlar one without lugs...
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