ironringer Posted January 6, 2016 Share #1 Posted January 6, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Could enthusiasts and collectors show us how (and with what products) they display their cameras and accessories? It's a shame to hide them away in boxes and drawers. After hours spent on the internet looking for "display cases" and "showcases" etc. I find little that's suitable for displaying cameras, other than expensive commercial products (too big for houses and apartments). Ikea's DETOLF display cabinet is affordable and a good size, however it has only 3 shelves (plus the base), with a lot of wasted vertical space. My picture (from a local video rental store) shows the DETOLF with additional acrylic shelves that can double the display surface. Some websites show how to add shelves to the DETOLF to increase its capacity for displaying small objects. I am interested to see how others display their Leicas. 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/255296-how-to-display-cameras-accessories/?do=findComment&comment=2963520'>More sharing options...
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Dr. No Posted January 6, 2016 Share #2 Posted January 6, 2016 well, most of my Leica Stuff is in here: http://www.ikea.com/de/de/catalog/products/20242277/#/70240332 together with some special cameras. I like it because of the 50s style. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orient XI Posted January 6, 2016 Share #3 Posted January 6, 2016 Owing to the number of recent break-ins in this locality I have the reverse problem — how to hide my Leicas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
willeica Posted January 6, 2016 Share #4 Posted January 6, 2016 I bought a 2 shelf display case from here http://www.acrylicdisplaycases.co.uk. I am very pleased with the item I purchased. It only contains about 10 cameras at a time, which is about a quarter of my collection; so I rotate them regularly. It prevents boredom! You can buy bigger models from the company or more than one display case if you would like to see all of your cameras all of the time. As for my 'not on display' items, they are kept in a lockable press, purchased from, you guessed it, IKEA. William Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lleo Posted January 6, 2016 Share #5 Posted January 6, 2016 The Fabrikör by Ikea is really nice, but it hides some of the view. The one by Ironringer is better because you can see the contents from all sides. However I guess the problem, in many places of the world, is like Orient's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
willeica Posted January 6, 2016 Share #6 Posted January 6, 2016 This is the one I bought; it seems to have gone up a lot in price since I bought mine two or three years ago. It comes with a lock but somebody looking to steal Leicas might smash it open. There is a another model with 3 shelves and you can stack these. You get a clear view of the items in the cabinet. http://www.acrylicdisplaycases.co.uk/LDC424.html Crime is a possibility in all parts of the world. The best policy is not to put all your eggs, or indeed your Leicas, in the one basket. William Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M9reno Posted January 7, 2016 Share #7 Posted January 7, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Crime is a possibility in all parts of the world. The best policy is not to put all your eggs, or indeed your Leicas, in the one basket. Another policy is to buy so many that it makes it impossible to steal them all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
willeica Posted January 7, 2016 Share #8 Posted January 7, 2016 Another policy is to buy so many that it makes it impossible to steal them all. I'm working on that! William Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lleo Posted January 7, 2016 Share #9 Posted January 7, 2016 Another policy is to buy so many that it makes it impossible to steal them all. lmao. Like a friend of mine. Hers is the most incredibly messy house I've ever seen in my whole life. There's practically no order at all. Everything is mixed: sheets, forniture, clothes, everything that might populate a house. Once she had a visit by some thieves. She found out the door it's been forced and opened but there wasn't anything missing. Probably when they got inside they house the fainted or so. Turned back istantly and left the house without even touching anything. Lmao Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pecole Posted January 7, 2016 Share #10 Posted January 7, 2016 This thread reminded old - and exciting - memories about my Fontenelle Collection. Shortly after starting it in the mid-70s, I managed a "display" in the basement of my 200-years old house (an old farmhouse called "Fontenelle" and located Fontenelle street in a small village near Brussels). Here are the photos I took at that time, and also a photo of the small "expo" I organized I my living room on the occasion of a visit of my friend Rolf Fricke - with whom I spoke Portuguese, because he had Brazilian roots - in January, 1982. Ah, so good (very) old days! 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/255296-how-to-display-cameras-accessories/?do=findComment&comment=2964166'>More sharing options...
lleo Posted January 7, 2016 Share #11 Posted January 7, 2016 What marvels... I think I'll get the stereo... the stereo... what's the name? I've always been a huge fan of stereo stuff, since when I was a kid with the new View-Master wonder. Leica shop has one but it's incredibly expensive. I saw the same one elsewhere, actually I don't remember where, and it was quite affordable. I think a hundred Euros or so, if I remember good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pecole Posted January 9, 2016 Share #12 Posted January 9, 2016 Thanks for your appreciation, Ileo. The name of the stereo attachment is STEREOLY (VORSA). Your comment prompted me to the "Stereo" file in my Fontenelle Collection photos, and I publish a few shots this morning under "Leica and stereo". Have a look! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lleo Posted January 9, 2016 Share #13 Posted January 9, 2016 You're a mine, Pecole. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan mcfall Posted January 11, 2016 Share #14 Posted January 11, 2016 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! Many interesting posts on display of the Leica. For my comment, I digress to the early 1980's when I traveled to Bath England to view the John Newton collection. I only know bits of the story and hope a member will bring us a more accurate and complete history. The first photo shows a large display on one wall representing the Leitz camera family tree, with one or more of each model. I believe that John had passed away, and his collection was on display at a Bath photographic store. Downstairs were photographs on display and for sale, and upstairs was the collection. At the top of the stairs, the family tree came into view, and it was awesome.From my old notes, I recorded a few interesting serial numbers: Serial No: 111 prototype converted to Elmar 112 original prototype with anastigmat 229 converted to model D 526 Elmax 1544 Elmax I won't go on with the other serials but every model was there. Compur, reporter, IIId and so on. The second attached photo shows an adjacent room with more leicas on display, a third room had accessories. In the second photo, I will always remember that in the middle row far right was an M4 with the serial number of 1234567. I believe the collection was later sold off, either intact or in part. Again, I am missing the end of the story. The third and final attachment shows my screw mount cameras in about 1985. For better or worse, it has grown a lot. The point I make here is that in many location, storing the display on an open shelf will eventually result in dust accumulation and perhaps humidity damage. I have long since moved to closed (nearly air tight) glass display cabinets with plenty of moisture absorbent and proper temperature control. I will also try to add to the exciting stereo post soon. Regards Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Many interesting posts on display of the Leica. For my comment, I digress to the early 1980's when I traveled to Bath England to view the John Newton collection. I only know bits of the story and hope a member will bring us a more accurate and complete history. The first photo shows a large display on one wall representing the Leitz camera family tree, with one or more of each model. I believe that John had passed away, and his collection was on display at a Bath photographic store. Downstairs were photographs on display and for sale, and upstairs was the collection. At the top of the stairs, the family tree came into view, and it was awesome. From my old notes, I recorded a few interesting serial numbers: Serial No: 111 prototype converted to Elmar 112 original prototype with anastigmat 229 converted to model D 526 Elmax 1544 Elmax I won't go on with the other serials but every model was there. Compur, reporter, IIId and so on. The second attached photo shows an adjacent room with more leicas on display, a third room had accessories. In the second photo, I will always remember that in the middle row far right was an M4 with the serial number of 1234567. I believe the collection was later sold off, either intact or in part. Again, I am missing the end of the story. The third and final attachment shows my screw mount cameras in about 1985. For better or worse, it has grown a lot. The point I make here is that in many location, storing the display on an open shelf will eventually result in dust accumulation and perhaps humidity damage. I have long since moved to closed (nearly air tight) glass display cabinets with plenty of moisture absorbent and proper temperature control. I will also try to add to the exciting stereo post soon. Regards ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/255296-how-to-display-cameras-accessories/?do=findComment&comment=2966300'>More sharing options...
alan mcfall Posted January 11, 2016 Share #15 Posted January 11, 2016 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! Here is a photo of John Newton in 1970, from Viewfinder magazine 1980. The report notes his passing in early 1980, I guess the collection was moved shortly after that. Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Here is a photo of John Newton in 1970, from Viewfinder magazine 1980. The report notes his passing in early 1980, I guess the collection was moved shortly after that. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/255296-how-to-display-cameras-accessories/?do=findComment&comment=2966309'>More sharing options...
willeica Posted January 11, 2016 Share #16 Posted January 11, 2016 Thanks Alan. When I see or hear about collections like John Newton's, yours or Pecole's, I never know whether to give up or to keep on going with my growing collection. When I showed the picture of John Newton with his collection to my wife, she just said 'I hate that kind of clutter'. There must be a scarcely hidden message there! I must ask the some of the older members of the UK Leica Society about John at our AGM at the end of April/beginning of May next. I would love to know where his collection went. There is still a camera repair firm (founded in 1948) in Liverpool called Newton Ellis who do Leica repairs and restorations. I wonder if there was any connection between John Newton and the firm? William Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironringer Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share #17 Posted January 11, 2016 Bom dia Senhor Pecole: You frequently mention the "Fontenelle Collection" however as a recent (2 years) Leica enthusiast I don't know what this is/was. Could you educate me and others about this collection? What, where and when it is/was? This history will be appreciated, thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpattison Posted January 11, 2016 Share #18 Posted January 11, 2016 Just found this... Terry Shuchat collection http://www.halfhill.com/shuchat.html John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pecole Posted January 12, 2016 Share #19 Posted January 12, 2016 Boa tarde, Canadian Leica-mate. And why not? if you really believe it can interest some people... First about the (former) owner of the Fontenelle Collection : me. I am Pierre Jeandrain, now aged 81+, born Belgian, Doctor at Law, reserve captain of the Belgian Air Force, private pilot (these two last points "former", of course). Despite the fact that my father had been killed by the Nazis in 1940, I had - thanks to my mother - a nice and fascinating life, starting as an Aviation journalist and subsequently founding my own consultancy firm in matters of information, communication and European Community matters. I sold my business in 1993 and retired, aged 59, to the dream property I had acquired in the late 1970s in Alentejo, Portugal. Now Leica : I became a simple but enthusiast user as a journalist in 1950 (IIIc and Summitar), progressively modernized and developed my "tool" to M3 and 28, 35, 50, 90, 85 and 135 lenses. Then, in 1974, when reading about the coming 50th anniversary of the camera, I became interested in its history. I was lucky in my first steps as a collector : first, I had kept all my "old stuff" in drawers; second, I knew Michel Campion, the owner of the most famous photo shop in Brussels, who was a lover and a connoisseur of Leica and also an incredible "second-hand" stuff provider. Next, I became member of the LHSA - Leica Historical Society of America - (I am still, 40 years later) and also a good friend of collectors-authors like Jim Lager, Paul-Henry van Hasbroeck, Rolf Fricke etc..or of dealers-collectors like Stan Tamarkin. Let us now finally come to the Fontenelle Collection. Fontenelle because it is the name of the place, 30 km South of Brussels, where I lived 30 years : an old farm I had bought and transformed because my oldest known direct ancestor had been registered as "Owner of the Fontenelle domain" at the end of the 17th century. The collection practically started in 1975, and "ended" when I started selling it in 1993. At its peak, it included 131 bodies (out of about 500 that "passed through"), 304 lenses and more than 1,000 accessories. Without speaking of my abundant library, that included all precious dedicated works of early authors. Among my significant "discoveries", I'll mention - the very first Leica 250 chrome prototype nº 114052, that had been delivered by Leitz to Fisch, the Belgian importer, on November 14, 1933 and had never left Belgium. The machine, that I traced for several years, was still in its strictly original condition. The second prototype, serialled 114051 and black lackered, had also remained in Belgium, but had been upgraded to "normal" 250 standards and finally landed in the collection of my friend Bachely. - The so-called "Italian Leicas" : a first series of Leica IIIb engraved (red) "R.AERONAUTICA" (for Reggia Aeronautica", the Mussolinian air force), serialled 345xxx and coming with similarly engraved Summitar; and a second series of Leica IIIc engraved "AERONAUTICA MILITARE" (the "democratic" post-war Italian air force) with Summitar engraved "A.M.". It is interesting to note that most of the "italian Leicas" have been encountered in Belgium, where they were "imported" by Italian mine workers who arrived by the thousands in the late 1940s-early 1950s. - A solid brass PLOOT prototype. That's it. Now, I am still highly interested (The Forum site is the second I open every morning, after my E-mail), and of course a user. And to finish this discurse about the past, why not to add an "historical" photo of myself and my M3, taken 50 years ago? Leically yours Pierre 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/255296-how-to-display-cameras-accessories/?do=findComment&comment=2967385'>More sharing options...
lleo Posted January 12, 2016 Share #20 Posted January 12, 2016 Lol. What a great Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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