catchjon Posted March 16, 2012 Share #1 Posted March 16, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi Guys Just found a old leica camera No: 538042. Origenal brown leather case. Any info woulld be great.... value etc. thanks jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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andybarton Posted March 16, 2012 Share #2 Posted March 16, 2012 Welcome to the forum Have a look in the several sticky threads at the top of this section. There are all sorts of links in those Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lars_bergquist Posted March 16, 2012 Share #3 Posted March 16, 2012 Aw, Andy, don't snub the poor fellow. We are not all experts. A Leica with the serial no. 538042 should be a IIIf manufactured in 1950–51. That makes it a 'black dial' camera. Some 15,000 Leica IIIf cameras were made during this time interval. Check: • The camera has a shutter speed dial on top with speeds of 30-1 to 1000, and a slow speed dial in front with speeds 30 to 1. That makes it a Leica III. • The camera has a flash cable socket in the rear, to the right of the finder eyepiece. That makes it a IIIf. • Under the top speed dial is a dial with the numbers 0 – 20. That also makes it a IIIf. The figures are black, not red. That makes it a IIIf black dial. The interesting thing, besides condition and functioning, is what lens it has. Does the engraving say "Elmar f:5cm" or "Summicron f:5cm" and what is the lense's serial no.? LB The charitable old man from the Age of the IIIf Black Dial Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted March 16, 2012 Share #4 Posted March 16, 2012 I wasn't snubbing him. I was pointing him to sources of information that will help him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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