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MrNewportCustom said:I found this in a local antique store. $6.00.
Lee
Another Henry Dreyfuss design! Great find for the price.
MrNewportCustom said:I found this in a local antique store. $6.00.
Lee
spim said:Here's a flea market find for leicanthrope.
Bigfeet said:My God, what a find!!
spim said:Here's a flea market find for leicanthrope.
feltfan said:leicanthrope, Spim, and others, do you know of a reliable, trustworthy
place in Northern California where one can have a Leica repaired?
I have my father's old Leica (with Weston Master V and Gossen Pilot light
meters). I can't figure out a model name for this Leica. It has
a number: Nr.599161 and says on its top, "Leica D.R.P. Ernst Leitz
Wetzlar Germany".
I do like my old Pentax MX, but if this thing is worth the expense,
I might get it fixed up. Not sure what's wrong with it.
Thanks for any assistance. I'll try to post some items from my
modest collection some time soon.
MrBern said:Ok, this one is a custom job. Common post-war IIIC. Chrome was stripped away & baked in black enamel. Shutter curtain was replace with a Red curtain to get the wartime germany production look.
I also reenact w/ a pre-war chrome IIIB and an old mid `30s blackpaint III.
spim said:Here's a flea market find for leicanthrope.
leicanthrope said:You might want to ditch the red dot for a WW2 era camera. They didn't use that logo until 1976, long after the Barnacks were out of production.
BeBopBaby said:You guys are giving me the bug. I really want to get an Argus C3 now. Do they just take regular 35 mm film?
Thanks! I'll check out the range finder forum.leicanthrope said:You've got a IIIf from 1951 or 1952. I don't know if there are any camera repair places on this coast. I suspect you may have to ship it off to one of the few people that do the work.
feltfan said:Thanks! I'll check out the range finder forum.
If you can recommend someone reliable for this repair
I'd appreciate it. I take it the IIIf is worth repairing?
BTW, is it interesting enough to be worth posting a picture
or have you guys seen enough of these?
Heh. Well it was my father's camera and did notMrBern said:If you cant find anyone locally, I know a good repairman outside Boston.
Whats wrong with your camera?
feltfan said:Heh. Well it was my father's camera and did not
work most of his life. The actual problem is lost to
the mists of time. But it doesn't appear to cock and
snap a picture. Where the problem lays, no one knows.
It was a running family joke that some day the Leica would
work again...
I know of places to bring the camera locally, but I don't
know anyone who would vouch for them.
So a IIIf is worth fixing? I do like my Pentax MX...