12a10
Retired Archaeologist
A couple of weeks ago I found a like new M3 single stroke in an Alabama antique store. Asking price was an amazing $120.00 but I got it for 10% off.
It was worth the trip to the central time zone!
It was worth the trip to the central time zone!
sc_rufctr
Leica nuts
Nice find... Post a pic 
Iestrada
Well-known
The membership frown upon such outlandish claims without adequate pictures of the alleged find.
julescasablancas
Well-known
What kind of an antique shop doesnt know the value of an m3..
lam
Well-known
Nice find and welcome to RFF!
Icarus
Member
Congrats and what a find. A couple of years ago I picked up a working CL and Summicron C in mint condition for 35 dollars at an antique shop. You never know what you might run across.
farlymac
PF McFarland
Sure you weren't in the Twilight Zone? Congrats, and welcome!
PF
PF
paradoxbox
Well-known
Great find, that kind of stuff never happens in Japan as virtually everyone knows what a Leica is and that it's supposed to be expensive.
I was lucky and picked up an M3 with some damage myself the other day for $250 in the classifieds. I intend to fix it up to its original glory.
I was lucky and picked up an M3 with some damage myself the other day for $250 in the classifieds. I intend to fix it up to its original glory.
John Bragg
Well-known
Well done. ! Now go and make some pictures with it. welcome to RFF.
B-9
Devin Bro
I've actually never seen a Leica for sale in a thrift store or even an antique store. It seems pretty well picked over here in Michigan. I have however managed great finds.
Just yesterday I bought a Yashica T4 and a Polaroid 450, it was a Zeiss day for me
Welcome to RFF, prepare yourself, your next Leica won't be had so cheaply!
GAS is a silent killer.
Just yesterday I bought a Yashica T4 and a Polaroid 450, it was a Zeiss day for me
Welcome to RFF, prepare yourself, your next Leica won't be had so cheaply!
GAS is a silent killer.
12a10
Retired Archaeologist
Well ... eastern Alabama is very much loke the TW!
Range-rover
Mentor
Nice find. good luck with your M3
Range
Range
Jack Conrad
Well-known
What was mounted on the M3?
btgc
Mentor
$120 - that's not so cheap for extinct tech and limited feature set
sc_rufctr
Leica nuts
$120 - that's not so cheap for extinct tech and limited feature set
lols... That's funny
oilman930
Established
Two months ago I bought an operational Leica M2 from KEH for $144. I have never seen a listing for a M Leica so inexpensive from KEH.
So if KEH drops the ball, how is a antique shop suppose to get it right?
Good luck with your new Leica Leica M3. Now go forth and photograph...
So if KEH drops the ball, how is a antique shop suppose to get it right?
Good luck with your new Leica Leica M3. Now go forth and photograph...
You guys know you are are risk for the forum value police jumping on this thread, and urging you to go back and pay additional for market value.
12a10
Retired Archaeologist
It has a 3.5 35 mm Summicron ... looks good but the focus is very hard to move, so stiff that I don't want to try. Hopefully a good cleaning will be what it needs.
I also got. f4 90 mm Summicron for it. I got a thread mount unit and an adaptor. Seems to work great.
Next will be a couple of yellow filters for B&W work and lens hoods.
Does anyone know what size filters I need?
Also a little searching on the web tells me that the camera body was built in 1966 (I'm thinking of it as a high school graduation present to myself). Can anyone point me to information on when my lenses were made?
12a10
Retired Archaeologist
Thanks for the info.