10-21-2010
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#3576
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Elvis lives!..
Nugard is offline
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Now, what is that?.. Very old M3?..
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10-21-2010
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#3577
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Guitar playing Fotografer
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Yes, my M3 is the same. The frame selection lever on the M3 was added late '55. Mine is an early '55 without the lever, just like that black one.
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10-21-2010
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#3578
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That is a very early M3. The slotted screw in the rewind gives it away. Nice paintjob too.I would suspect it is in the 702xxx - 703xxx range.
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10-21-2010
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#3579
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packin' light
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^^ Close!
Here's the details. My M3 started out as a chrome M3, 734xxx range, 1955. Double stroke without preview lever. When I got it, it was in parts. Badly scratched top plate removed to get to a busted gear in the transport. It sold through eBay from an Italian professor. Ad in Italian, no PayPal. I was the only bidder: EUR 100.
Dechromed the camera and painted it myself: paint flaking galore. I started over, replacing parts with original BP spares.
Original spare part black paint top plate, unengraved. Cost me a kidney but considering rarity, two kidneys and a lung would have been in order <;^)
Original spare part shorter Double Stroke lever was as expensive as any other black paint lever the seller had, since rarity was unknown. I got lucky.
Lever retaining ring, accessory shoe and shutter speed dial maybe are aftermarket, but paint on them is identical to the other parts.
Bottom plate is probably an MP spare plate, paint was much thinner on that.
Original back door with glass pressure plate and original vulcanite, the rest of the camera is covered in GripTac.
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10-22-2010
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#3580
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That camera looks great. Which kidney did you use?
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Originally Posted by buzzardkid
^^ Close!
Here's the details. My M3 started out as a chrome M3, 734xxx range, 1955. Double stroke without preview lever. When I got it, it was in parts. Badly scratched top plate removed to get to a busted gear in the transport. It sold through eBay from an Italian professor. Ad in Italian, no PayPal. I was the only bidder: EUR 100.
Dechromed the camera and painted it myself: paint flaking galore. I started over, replacing parts with original BP spares.
Original spare part black paint top plate, unengraved. Cost me a kidney but considering rarity, two kidneys and a lung would have been in order <;^)
Original spare part shorter Double Stroke lever was as expensive as any other black paint lever the seller had, since rarity was unknown. I got lucky.
Lever retaining ring, accessory shoe and shutter speed dial maybe are aftermarket, but paint on them is identical to the other parts.
Bottom plate is probably an MP spare plate, paint was much thinner on that.
Original back door with glass pressure plate and original vulcanite, the rest of the camera is covered in GripTac.
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10-22-2010
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#3581
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menos is offline
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Location: Shanghai
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Johan, you surely made that one YOUR camera! Don't you ever give it away!
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10-22-2010
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great story, great work and great camera Johan!
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Originally Posted by buzzardkid
^^ Close!
Here's the details. My M3 started out as a chrome M3, 734xxx range, 1955. Double stroke without preview lever. When I got it, it was in parts. Badly scratched top plate removed to get to a busted gear in the transport. It sold through eBay from an Italian professor. Ad in Italian, no PayPal. I was the only bidder: EUR 100.
Dechromed the camera and painted it myself: paint flaking galore. I started over, replacing parts with original BP spares.
Original spare part black paint top plate, unengraved. Cost me a kidney but considering rarity, two kidneys and a lung would have been in order <;^)
Original spare part shorter Double Stroke lever was as expensive as any other black paint lever the seller had, since rarity was unknown. I got lucky.
Lever retaining ring, accessory shoe and shutter speed dial maybe are aftermarket, but paint on them is identical to the other parts.
Bottom plate is probably an MP spare plate, paint was much thinner on that.
Original back door with glass pressure plate and original vulcanite, the rest of the camera is covered in GripTac.
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10-22-2010
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#3583
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packin' light
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Thanks guys. You can rest assured menos, this one isn't going anywhere!
Huub, your comment means a lot, coming from a fellow dutchman with some pretty nice cameras to shoot!
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10-23-2010
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#3584
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Great work Johan, best ever looking M3 on this site! Hope you can share some advise when I start same kind of job ....
greetings from Voorburg
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10-23-2010
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#3585
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Wow. Where is the self timer? Beautiful Camera.
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Great work Johan, best ever looking M3 on this site! Hope you can share some advise when I start same kind of job ....
greetings from Voorburg
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10-25-2010
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#3586
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The current stable...
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10-27-2010
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#3587
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Sorry love never ends:
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10-27-2010
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#3588
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film is exciting
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M4-P with my Rokkor 90/4 |
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10-27-2010
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#3589
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the great
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i have an update since the last time i posted ! 
summicron arrived from a fellow RFFer (thanks!), fell inlove with an elmar i saw and an M4 that made me buy her because of her beauty.
plus the 2 tom A softies from a fellow RFFer which i thank ALOT! 
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10-27-2010
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#3590
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i have an update since the last time i posted !
summicron arrived from a fellow RFFer (thanks!), fell inlove with an elmar i saw and an M4 that made me buy her because of her beauty.
plus the 2 tom A softies from a fellow RFFer which i thank ALOT! |
The lens looks great on the m4. Ill have to upload a photo with the other side of the trade asap |
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10-27-2010
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#3591
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Recent addition to my camera family - a lovely M2
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10-27-2010
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Recent addition to my camera family - a lovely M2
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10-28-2010
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#3593
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...new old stock
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Recent addition to my camera family - a lovely M2
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Great looking M2 !! Makes me want to replace the one I sold. 
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10-28-2010
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#3594
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camera and artwork :-)
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10-28-2010
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Quote:
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camera and artwork :-)
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M8.2 & Halfcase |
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10-29-2010
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#3596
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M8.2 & Halfcase
The case finally came today, so happy!
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10-30-2010
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#3597
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today weather wasn't that good so I decided the feed my Pentax Spotmatic with a short roll of Rollei Retro 100 and had a training day inside my house |
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10-30-2010
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#3598
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10-30-2010
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#3599
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ragamuffin
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happiness can be as simple as an m2 with a summicron.
q.e.d.
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10-30-2010
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#3600
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