I love my… I love my M3

[IkarusJohn]

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[dave.gt]

My M3 (1962) finally arrived back from Solms this morning.

 

Hey, looks great! What did you have done to it?

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[IkarusJohn]

I bought it secondhand, and from the pictures, the vulcanite was chipped.

 

So, I got the seller to send it directly to Solms for CLA, servicing and re-covering. There's some scuffing on the top plate (presumably from a meter) and some marks on the baseplate - all add character. Made in 1962, I'm hoping my kids will inherit it in perfect working order some time in the 2050s!

 

Cheers

John

[dave.gt]

I bought it secondhand, and from the pictures, the vulcanite was chipped.

 

So, I got the seller to send it directly to Solms for CLA, servicing and re-covering. There's some scuffing on the top plate (presumably from a meter) and some marks on the baseplate - all add character. Made in 1962, I'm hoping my kids will inherit it in perfect working order some time in the 2050s!

 

Cheers

John

 

So, Leica can still recover older cameras with vulcanite? Cool!

[Moggele]

Recover they do but only with vulcanite similar to the old one.

[kivis]

Recover they do but only with vulcanite similar to the old one.

How do you contact Leica for a CLA and Vulcanite covering for an M3?

[thomasw_]

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akiva -- I would give Leica USA a telephone call. they can set you up. btw less costly is to buy the Leica a la carte covering 'vulkanit' from Leica and then have sherry or Gerry smith or dag put it on while doing a CLA on your m3. iirc the covering was ~175 a couple of years ago.

 

 

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[kivis]

akiva -- I would give Leica USA a telephone call. they can set you up. btw less costly is to buy the Leica a la carte covering 'vulkanit' from Leica and then have sherry or Gerry smith or dag put it on while doing a CLA on your m3. iirc the covering was ~175 a couple of years ago.

 

 

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Thanks, good tip.

[Penzes]

Classics

by

Istvan Penzes

, on Flickr

 

Leica MP

Visoflex III

Elmar-V 65/3.5 black

OTZFO

ISO 40

Sekonic L-308S

Nikon Coolscan 9000

Nikon FH-869 GR

[Penzes]

Shoot with the same set up as the picture here above. I uploaded this series in high resolution to flickr.

 

I need to clean the body by Istvan Penzes, on Flickr

[Stealth3kpl]

Am I the only one who gets a little excited when I notice Penzes has posted something in an "I Love My...." thread?

Pete

[Penzes]

M3 brothers

by

Istvan Penzes

, on Flickr

[Penzes]

Leica M3 [variation] by Istvan Penzes, on Flickr

 

The last one, from the series.

[davidbaddley]

Porn.

[!Nomad64]

Am I the only one who gets a little excited when I notice Penzes has posted something in an "I Love My...." thread?

Pete

 

No, he's one of the best camera porn makers around here (and the rest of his works is remarkable too).

 

Cheers,

Bruno

[kivis]

My kit

[kivis]

[Messsucherkamera]

Holy Moses - you gents have some beautiful M3 cameras!!

 

I've always wanted an M3 - I think that will be my next M camera acquisition.

 

Has anyone had the MP rangefinder upgrade done to their M3?

[menos I M6]

Holy Moses - you gents have some beautiful M3 cameras!!

 

I've always wanted an M3 - I think that will be my next M camera acquisition.

 

Has anyone had the MP rangefinder upgrade done to their M3?

 

the MP rangefinder upgrade

usually refers to an upgrade of a condenser lens in rangefinders, usually found in M6 and early M7 cameras, that do not have this additional feature, that has been omitted during the M4-2 (?) production as a cost saving measure.

 

If you are speaking of actually entirely converting a M3 with the inclusion of a MP rangefinder, that would be a whole different matter ;-)

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Hallo,

Look here: Leica M

[gyoung]

Sacrilege in fact!

Gerry