BROWN leather IIIf RD?

[David Allespach]

Has anyone heard of a BROWN leather IIIf RD? circa 1952.
IIIF RD Leica D.R.P. Ernst Leitz serial Nr. 630166
I'm trying to find out as much as I can about this particular camera - as its something of a family heirloom - and it will be a great project, making it absolutely complete - lenses, flashes, other accessories, perhaps ($$$) a Leicavit winder......

I'd be grateful for any information.

Everyone on the forum has been so helpful - thank you all.

David

[harryzet]

a few well used leicas are brown - sweat and sun having dicolored the vulcanite

[Dr. No]

the only regular one was the Leica I with calfleather, very rare and very expensive.
yours NO

[luigi bertolotti]

Ugh, never seen so many oddities one after another in this area of the forum... brown vulcanite... well I think that an expert would have to evaluate (de visu) if the material is the same as Leitz original... in the pic it seems a little glossier, but can be light effect. Otherwise, I think it can be simply a re-covering made in some good lab... there are still companies that offer such items of various colors/textures, I remember one that was quoted in the forum (and I navigated its site... nice covers...) : nothing bad if it is so... a standard IIIf with a 3rd party cover is not, imho, to be considered a "fake" .... simply an exteriorally modified one.
BTW, I own a IIIc whose vulcanite (original) is prone to detach... sometimes I thought to have it changed with some alien one...

[Dr. No]

it looks like original vulcanite - more than well used:

watch the following example:
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...P1016072-1.jpg

from this thread:

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-...-reinigen.html

yours NO