ken_nyus Posted January 11, 2015 Share #1 Posted January 11, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi folks, A friend of a friend has inherited some screw mount leica gear, and I am trying to help identify it and help put a vague value on it. I just have a few photos to go by. 1 body, 2 lenses, and some kind of flash attachment? One lens is a Ziess Triotar f/4 135, and from looking at the usual auction site seems to go for $30-150. The other lens is a Cooke Amotal 50mm, and seems to go for around $900. The body looks like a IIIf, and it came with a IIIf manual, but to me it looks like the shutter speed dial on the body only goes up to 1/500 instead of 1/1000? Can this be right? (It also looks like it is missing the slow shutter speed dial, in the photo I have it looks like a black circle in that spot in front) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Hi ken_nyus, Take a look here Leica IIIf with only 1/500?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
gyoung Posted January 11, 2015 Share #2 Posted January 11, 2015 That would make it a IIf assuming it has the flash dial under the shutter speed dial, pictures of it would help. Gerry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_nyus Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted January 12, 2015 Yes it looks like a IIf, thanks! But a red dial IIf with only 1/500? I hope the photo upload works, sorry for the lousy photos, its all I have to work with right now. 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/239731-leica-iiif-with-only-1500/?do=findComment&comment=2745834'>More sharing options...
willwright Posted January 12, 2015 Share #4 Posted January 12, 2015 the serial is consistent with a IIf red dial. Leica Pocket Book notes the IIf's, both black and red dial until 1954 had a top shutter speed of 1/500th. You've got a nice stock IIf. The serial number puts it in a block of production in 1952-53..I hope you can enjoy the camera! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 12, 2015 Share #5 Posted January 12, 2015 Interesting lens! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 12, 2015 Share #6 Posted January 12, 2015 The flash bit is part of a Leitz flash missing its reflector. Somehow somebody appears to have modified it into a torch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
neal Posted January 12, 2015 Share #7 Posted January 12, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) The light bulb was intended as a test light to make sure that the flash was working without wasting a flash bulb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_nyus Posted January 13, 2015 Author Share #8 Posted January 13, 2015 Thank you gentlemen, I appreciate you sharing your knowledge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted January 13, 2015 Share #9 Posted January 13, 2015 Give a look to our Wiki section, which ilustrates sintetically but correctly the variants of the IIf... yours is from this batch : 611001- 615000 Leica IIf (R5) 1952-1953 4000 (R5 = Red Dial 1/500 - the camera depicted in the Wiki page is from the same batch) Nice and not so common camera with an interesting lens : I'd be curios to see its performance... is it regularly coupled to the rangefinder ? Cooke was a pioneer in optics, a very respectable designer who made several top quality lenses ; by converse, Triotar was a "cheap" Zeiss design of the '30s... Triotar 85 f4 was listed for years as a Contax lens, a low cost alternative to the "prestige" Sonnar 85 f2 (which I have in the Contarex version, adaptable to Leica M 240... ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted January 13, 2015 Share #10 Posted January 13, 2015 The flash bit is part of a Leitz flash missing its reflector. Somehow somebody appears to have modified it into a torch. The bulb is a 'test' bulb to merely check for charge and continuity. . ken_nyus But a red dial IIf with only 1/500? As you learned, yes indeed! The Cooke lens has me very curious! Value, anyone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_nyus Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share #11 Posted January 14, 2015 From my looking around at sold auctions on *bay, it looks like the Cooke lens is running around $900 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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