[gyoung]

I have a chrome III, which I acquired from the estate of my wife's uncle when he died. It was bought originally in 1938 by this man's friend and used until the war. The owner was killed in the early part of the war and his mother gave the camera to my wifes uncle who kept it unused for the rest of his life. I have all 14 rolls of film taken in 1938/39 with it, and the box, instructions, cable release and even the little exposure guide card tucked into the case. The camera is in mint condition and came with an uncoated 3.5 Elmar, which had some internal problems through age.
When I retired acouple of years ago I decided it was time the III came out of retirement, it went to Malcolm Taylor for overhaul, and attention to the lens. The rear cemented pair of elements were actually coming uncemented so they were replaced by a good pair which he had in stock, but I left the lens uncoated for comparison with later lenses, it produces fine results as far as sharpness is concerned, but the colour rendering is odd compared to coated lenses.
I also have two other leica screw lenses to use on it. A 2.8/50 Elmar, and a 135/4 Elmar which was originally bought in 1968 (secondhand) with my M3. There are also some Voigtlander lenses (15/4.5, 25/4, 28/1.9 and 35/2.5) which get used on it as well as on the bayonet cameras (M6ttl, M3, and Voigt. R2)

Gerry Young