DDM Posted December 25, 2009 Share #1 Posted December 25, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) 3 x IIIc-K 3 x unterschiedlich strukturierter Vulkanit-Bezug Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/107714-iiic-k/?do=findComment&comment=1163204'>More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted December 25, 2009 Posted December 25, 2009 Hi DDM, Take a look here IIIc-K. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
k_g_wolf ✝ Posted December 25, 2009 Share #2 Posted December 25, 2009 Da frage ich mich immer wieder, wo die Dachböden sind um all diese Schönheiten zu finden. Alleine der Kameradeckel ist eine Augenweide ... M f G GEORG Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
telewatt Posted December 26, 2009 Share #3 Posted December 26, 2009 sehr interessanter Vergleich!... Grüße, Jan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lll Posted December 26, 2009 Share #4 Posted December 26, 2009 Tja, Dirk, dann werden zwei wohl eine russische(?) Fälschung sein, oder? Ist ja schade... Trotzdem: Frohe Weihnachten noch! :)Friedhelm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDM Posted December 26, 2009 Author Share #5 Posted December 26, 2009 Lieber Friedhelm, danke für die freundlichen Weihnachtsgrüsse, die ich gerne erwidere. Danke auch für Deine fachmännische Beurteilung der 3 IIIc. Welche, glaubst Du denn ist original ? Oder anders - welche beiden sollen nicht original sein ? Ich lerne hier gerne hinzu ! Beste Grüsse Dirk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lll Posted December 26, 2009 Share #6 Posted December 26, 2009 Nee, nee, Dirk, auf das Glatteis begebe ich mich nicht. Du hast doch mehr Vergleichs-Vulkanit als ich Schuhsohlen habe. Das wirst Du schon selber rausfinden müssen / können :)Friedhelm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDM Posted December 26, 2009 Author Share #7 Posted December 26, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Lieber Friedhelm, wer behauptet das, dass Eis dünn ist, muss schon beweisen können, wo und warum. Sonst könnten andere einbrechen. Ich darf Dich beruhigen Friedhelm, alle 3 Kameras, waren hoffentlich nie in Russland, stammen aber zweifellos aus Wetzlar... Beste Grüsse Dirk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lll Posted December 26, 2009 Share #8 Posted December 26, 2009 Puhhh, dann bin ich aber beruhigt! (Hatt´ ich doch nicht anders gesehen - und Du hoffentlich auch nicht von mir geglaubt.) Aber im ernst: Auf dem oberen Bild sieht man neben der Seriennummer der obersten Kamera das "K". Gibt es andere Erkennungszeichen, die auf den beiden Fotos die Kameras als kältefeste IIIc identifizierbar machen? Herzlichen Gruß Friedhelm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDM Posted December 26, 2009 Author Share #9 Posted December 26, 2009 Die Kameras und Objektive - deutlich sichtbar am Summarit - sind geschliffen. Bei allen Kameras ist die Serien-No. + "K" erhalten. Eine ist noch so, wie sich das viele wünschen, eine weitere auf der Rückseite "voll geschliffen", bei der letzten ist der Schliff mit wenig Liebe ausgeführt. Das Elmar ist auch "geschliffen", wurde aber ofiziell mit der Kamera Serien-No. ausgeliefert...ein ungetrenntes Paar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaTom Posted March 26, 2010 Share #10 Posted March 26, 2010 Hello DDM, The camera with the Elmar has original vulcanite (painted) and the camera with the Summitar has original era pattern but appears to be a replacement (maybe a 1946 shell swap?) ~ the well worn *PATINA* IIIC K looks almost like IIIF vulcanite, but it's not rough enough, strange looking, I know that there was at least (2) differnet vulcanite patterns in the life of the IIIC K era cameras 1942/43 and 1944/45, but that one pattern has be puzzled. Please write me off the board so I may get your serial numbers for the survivors list that will be published in my Leica Book next year, (book all about the IIIC K and the issues to the US Army) And it's nice to find another IIIC K collector here at the forum, all three look great, I have to add a shot of my jewels here as well Cheers and Happy Shooting Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaTom Posted March 26, 2010 Share #11 Posted March 26, 2010 Here's an old photo of my 1943' IIIC K Grey "DARK RED" shutter curtain K, it's about 98.5% paint and all original matching numbers Summitar, it was a WW2 "BRINGBACK" camera the Solider was with the 9th Armored Division that crossed the Luddendorf Bridge/Rhine River at Remagen, March 1945 ~ he brought the camera back and used it while he was an agency Photographer with Black Star NYC ~ shooting for LIFE magazine in the late 1940's He passed away and I bought the camera from his younger brother from New York in 2008, a IIIC K full of history and ambiance. Enjoy! Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaTom Posted March 26, 2010 Share #12 Posted March 26, 2010 And here's my other IIIC K Grey it's a 1945 US Army issue, issued to a US Army Japanese American First Lieutenant, who gave it to his future wife, who was a Danish national, (German Speaking) interpreter for Military Intelligence in Frankfurt, Germany in 1945. The camera is 99% paint, but sadly has had a vulcanite shell swap, (correct vulcanite, but from a Leica IIIC conversion *see chrome bumper*) ~ I have a 1946 Grey vulcanite shell I have to swap out, but I have to mix the Luftwaffe RLM 75 paint first.....the Elmar lens is the original lens to body. Enjoy! Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaTom Posted March 26, 2010 Share #13 Posted March 26, 2010 And this was the camera I traded late last year for my Leica M8 ~ #390469 K *The May 8th 1945 IIIC K ~ Ex - Everett T. Brown collection/ George Carr restored IIIC K/ original matching numbers Elmar 50* One of the very first cameras issued to the US Army in 1945, (issued only 12 hours after the surrender) the camera was expertly repainted by George Carr sometime in the late 1960's, it came to me with nice patina, (Everett must have used it alot himself) , and I I used it extensively for about 2 years, it was a real fun camera, it's somewhere in the Far East now I believe? I sort of miss this camera, it was really neat to have a Grey paint IIIC K as a daily user, but I'm L@@KING for another one, original but with lot's of patina, JUST like the one you have DDM ........ Enjoy Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eckart Posted March 30, 2010 Share #14 Posted March 30, 2010 Dear Tom, what I really like to see is your M8 from 2004. cheers, Eckart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
summarod Posted March 31, 2010 Share #15 Posted March 31, 2010 Hier sollten mods/ admin unbedingt einschreiten!! Suchtpotential der Fotos kann schwächelnde Forenten um Jahrzehnte in deren bisher noch guter Entwickluingsprognose zurückwerfen! Trotzdem erst Mal Danke für die schönen Fotos! Dann sehen wir weiter! Grüße Wolfhard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaTom Posted April 1, 2010 Share #16 Posted April 1, 2010 Dear Tom,what I really like to see is your M8 from 2004. cheers, Eckart HAHAHAHAHHA! ~ Sorry Typo not a ultra rare prototype Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaTom Posted January 12, 2011 Share #17 Posted January 12, 2011 The "Major's" camera.........complete with patina One of my May 1945 issue IIIC K Grey's with matching numbers Elmar f3.5/50 lens, FISON hood, leitz #2 yellow and a OKARO rangefinder enhancement filter. Enjoy! Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 12, 2011 Share #18 Posted January 12, 2011 One of the very first cameras issued to the US Army in 1945, (issued only 12 hours after the surrender)... Wetzlar was occupied by the American Army at March, 27th. in 1945. The daughter of Ernst Leitz prevented a disaster going with a white flag towards the American Army.str. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaTom Posted January 18, 2011 Share #19 Posted January 18, 2011 Wetzlar was occupied by the American Army at March, 27th. in 1945. The daughter of Ernst Leitz prevented a disaster going with a white flag towards the American Army. str. They were also flying the Swiss flag as well. needless to say the American's were slightly confused by seeing that in the middle of Germany....... The Leica factory was on one of the Allied CAPTURE/SAVE lists, even General Eisenhower (an avid Leica user) was going to make sure that they capture the factory all in one piece and instructed the forward advancing units in the Wetzlar area to limiting any undue combat damage where/when possible, they knew that it would be occupied in the American Sector and that camera production was badly needed for the US Military while the Signal Corps had an extreme shortage of 35mm format cameras at the end of the war. The factory was captured completely intact with late order issues of IIIC K Grey's STILL sitting aside the main work tables. (500 of these Grey painted "Kugellager" cameras were sold to the US Army from May/June/July and part of August 1945) The first US Army cameras were not issued until after the 7th of May, with the official surrender of the German Amy, I have one of the very first bills of sale to the US Army for camera - 390570 K Tom PS: I'm offering a CASH REWARD to anyone who can find camera #390570 K with Summitar 50mm lens #528062 - INTACT AND FOR SALE - ANYONE HERE KNOW WHERE IT IS???? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaTom Posted January 18, 2011 Share #20 Posted January 18, 2011 Here's some recent "eye candy" (photographed by my friend Jean Paul) My 1943 IIIC K Grey camera, a 1944 Grey Hektor 135mm lens, Black Nose VIOOH finder and a OKARO rangefinder enhancement filter. Enjoy! Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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