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Despite trying several searches looking for any postings on war time 3c cameras with red shutter blinds I have found very little except some learned listings of serial numbers and comments on post war 3c's. I was looking for somewhere to post the fact that I recently got a 1940 3c with red blinds and a matching 1940 50mm Elmar from a fellow collector. Having read several different stories about the origins of the red blind fabric and its oozing of black sticky rubber over the past 70-80 years I was very pleased to see that the blinds are in good order on this camera. If fact the whole body is in very nice condition, as is the lens. I put a roll of FP4+ through it last weekend and everything is working as it should, better than expected. The pictures below were scanned from A4 size darkroom prints.
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Hi all, came across a gray paint IIIc (non K serialized) but it oddly has a flash sync right below the flash shoe. Serial number is consistent with other gray paint examples, and it looks like the right shade of gray; both the body and the leatherette. It looks like the flash sync job was done very well, probably by Leica? See attached photos, (it's in pretty decent shape) I'm curious to see what our experts have to say! Thanks in advance.
