I got interested in Leicas back in the late Sixties when I saw a man at wedding pull a small camera from his pocket that had a collapsible lens. It was a Leica IIIf. Back then Leicas could be had for a steal. I found one for sale for $90 that included a 5cm Elmar lens and a 35mm Nikkor lens in screw mount. At a swap meet I attended today, Saturday, a dealer had several Leica clones from the old Soviet Union. I have one FED Russian Leica. For awhile I sought out Leica copies, like Canons, and Niccas. A couple of years ago I was able to handle some really rare Leicas, namely a dial Compur shutter Leica and a Leica 250. The owner let me look at his treasure trove when he noticed I was using a Leica M2 to photograph a wedding.
Jim A. > From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 23:05:45 +0000 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT: Leica Lust > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 23:06:22 -0500 > > I'm in the process of hunting down a Summicrom 5cm. They are fairly > common. The IIIg seems to be quite rare and expensive. My Russian clone > has a copy of an Elmar 5/3.5. That's a collapsible lens as well. The > Russian clone is actually pretty good at f8 and smaller. > Paul > > Jim Apilado wrote: >> >> My favorite screw mount Leica is the IIIg, the last model. It came with >> the Summicron collaspsible 5cm lens that really made the camera pockable. >> Another neat screw mount I have is a Yashica YF. It is similar to the >> M-Leicas but has the old rotating shutter selector and the screw mount. When >> the Japanese came out with the modern screw mount cameras I regretted >> selling some of my old screw mount lenses. >> >> Jim A. >> >>> From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2003 15:48:08 +0000 >>> To: Pentax Discuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: OT: Leica Lust >>> Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Resent-Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 15:48:45 -0500 >>> >>> Some of you may remember that I bought a Russian Leica Clone at a camera >>> flea market last week. I really like the feel of that thing. I had a >>> Nikon rangefinder 25 years ago and loved it dearly, but it had been a >>> long time since I had held an RF camera. Well, the Russian clone won me >>> over and today I bought a CIII screwmount Leica. Nice toy for a fairly >>> modest investment. It's here: >>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2913669167&category=30030 >>> Paul >>> (Not ready for the Leica list :-) >>> >>> > >
