Leica LTM Show off your Leica I/II/III/LTM Camera

Leica M39 screw mount bodies/lenses
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Rich Silfver

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What better way to kick off this forum but a camera-porn thread showcasing our Leica/LTM cameras :)

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My Leica III (F) w/ Elmar 50/3.5

Let's show us what you got.
 
Rich,

Thanks for getting this forum started. Though you have seen this camera, I will post it once more.

Jim N.
 
I'll try to display mine later today. It's almost 2 AM (0200 for our European friends) and I need to get to bed!

OK...... a couple of teasers if I must. Here's my IIIc with Imarect finder. This camera is so smoooooth it's scary! Advancing the film is completely effortless. Also my III with 90mm Elmar & Imarect finder.

Walker
 
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Walker, nice!
I like the Imarect finder....

Here's my III with an Elmar 90/4 by the way:
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Sure, I ask and nothing happens, but Richie asks......

Mom, it isn't fair.......:(

Good job, ;)

Everyone look at my signature. I already have a 50 Elmar, just need a body to use as a rear cap.
 
FrankS said:
FilmDino, do you use that Summitar without a hood? Any problems with flare? Any examples to show?
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I always use a hood- the old barn door type which usually draws comments (what is that....) but is very effective- sorry no examples! Nice bokeh from the Summitar though.

David
 
My IIIa with Summitar. It's got a series filter holder on it that jsut slips over the lens, acting as a small hood. Not sure if this is sufficient yet. I need a shutter button collar. Anyone have a spare? :)

The IIIa is best with a 50 f3.5 Elmar. Other lenses bring the camera over a critical threshold for me for weight and compactness.
 
Thanks to Rich and Jorge for an LTM forum! After seeing all those beautiful Barnacks, I could not help myself from uploading my two Leica IIs - a user and keeper.

Joseph
 
Gene -- My IIIc and my grandfather's are one and the same. He gave it to me sometime in the early 1970s. I remember having shutter problems with it and getting it repaired in 1976. The repair didn't last long and I put it on a shelf until almost three years ago when a friend pulled my Leica down from its display perch. I was embarrased because of the layer of dust on it. Even more embarrassed when I discovered he was the owner of a Leica M6. He encouraged me to use it. I explained the shutter problem that had prompted me to put it on the shelf 27 years before and he said he could recomend some Leica repair people. That prompted me to clean the little Leica up the next day and run a couple of test rolls though it. What a joy to use! The controls are a little archaic (winder knob) but it felt like no other camera I've used. Nothing automatic on this sucker. I had been shooting a digital camera for 5 years and was tired of the "automatic" features that get in the way. Unfortunately the test rolls showed the shutter problems were still there and that there were now pinholes in the shutter curtains. It was another year and a half before I discovered the FSU cameras and bought a Zorki 6 and a FED 2 and then discovered RFF. Then a while back Richard Black mentioned that Oleg did a CLA on his Leica and that was something I could afford so it was Oleg that finally brought it back to life. It was a long time on the shelf but now it lives in my coat pocket and goes with my everywhere.
 
OK, now I am getting itchy again.

By shopping around I have concluded that the prices of post war IIIc and BD IIIf cameras are about the same. Now, the IIIc has issues with chrome loss and the IIIf has shutter issues?

Well, I am still convinced I need one. Any sellers out there? Bright viewfinder, contrasty RF patch, good shutter, doesn't have to be a beauty queen......
 
Peter is quite amazing. He resilvered the mirror, and gave the whole thing a complete overhaul. It really is like getting a new camera. And I especially like the paint scheme where he keeps the knobs in chrome. He calls it 'chrome jewelry'. Check out some of his other work:

http://www.angelfire.com/biz/Leica/page3.html

doubs43 said:
Clay, that is one of the prettiest IIIf Leicas that anyone could possibly imagine! I really like the look in black.

Walker
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I may be mistaken, but I seem to find that these old cameras need less servicing than their M brethren. How many of you "barnack freaks" have found a need to have your camera serviced?
 
ray_g said:
I may be mistaken, but I seem to find that these old cameras need less servicing than their M brethren. How many of you "barnack freaks" have found a need to have your camera serviced?
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I have had both the IIIc and IIIf overhauled and the RF mirror in both replaced. I don't think they had anything done to them by previous owners. Not sure though, but if it is that is not a bad record for mid 1950's cameras.

Nikon Bob
 
ray_g said:
I may be mistaken, but I seem to find that these old cameras need less servicing than their M brethren. How many of you "barnack freaks" have found a need to have your camera serviced?
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Nice IIIf, ray! I don't think my BD IIIf was CLA'd 8 years ago when I acquired it but it still works great. My Leica IIs were acquired "as-is" so I did my own CLA. I also have a IIIa that works fine except the 1/8 speed is intermittent must be a pallet in the slow speed escapement that I need to learn how to fix. OTOH, my M6 from the early 90s has been to Sherry twice, once for light leaks and then something went funky with the framelines after a trip to the tropics. The Barnacks are just simpler designs so there's less that can go wrong as long as they are cared for.

Joseph
 
back alley said:
that's so much prettier than the leica barnacks...;)
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Joe, that's the same as saying a copy of the Mona Lisa is prettier than the original.

Didn't I read only the other day that you've just bought a Barnack Leica? Hummm? ;)

Walker
 
it's an m3 that i traded for.
i did have a canon lll and a canon ivsb for a while though.

and i do think the canon is prettier but that's very subjective eh?

joe
 
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