Leica II leather cases without screws

[SteveinGalway]

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Hi.

I have been looking for a case for a Leica II but quite a fw of the leather cases do not come with the screw at the bottom to hold it on properly. I found a case I like but no screw. I can't seem to find anything online as a replacement. Any suggestions to screw replacements? 

 

Thanking you in advance. 

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[Pyrogallol]

Welcome. I don’t know why nobody has given you a reply yet but most leather cases I have seen do have a screw in the base for securing the camera, many are just old cases but some are new products. Just check that the case has the correct size screw for your camera, 1/4 inch or 3/8 inch. If the screw is the smaller size and your camera has the larger size screw hole you can use an adaptor but not the other way round.

 

If you are just looking for a screw then any 1/4 inch Whitworth or 3/8 will do, if you cut it down to the right length and add a large washer. 

Edited September 17, 2023 by Pyrogallol

[LocalHero1953]

I have a case for my II Model D and Standard from Luigi Crescenzi. That's the link for his Barnack cases; scroll down to find his cases for lugless bodies, which have screws.

[willeica]

On 9/16/2023 at 6:18 PM, SteveinGalway said:

Hi.

I have been looking for a case for a Leica II but quite a fw of the leather cases do not come with the screw at the bottom to hold it on properly. I found a case I like but no screw. I can't seem to find anything online as a replacement. Any suggestions to screw replacements? 

 

Thanking you in advance. 

Good to see someone from Galway on here. I'm in Dublin. Let me know if you are ever in Dublin and we might meet up .

There are some early Leica cases which did not have screws in the bottom and they had various means of holding the camera in such as this 'bra strap' on an early ESMIT case. The ESMIT was a double decker case to take a rangefinder as well. There was also a single decker ESNEL case which did not have a screw in the early models

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The ESMIT is on the left in this photo. The other two cases are ETRINs which were purse type cases for the I Model A.

If your case is one which needs a screw then the advice given by Pyrogallal above is good. The advice given by LocaHero1953 represents another option.

William 

[Anbaric]

1 hour ago, willeica said:

There are some early Leica cases which did not have screws in the bottom and they had various means of holding the camera in such as this 'bra strap' on an early ESMIT case.

Just curious if you've come across Leitz cases for the pre-war Leicas that have detachable top sections so they can be used as half-cases, or were they always directly sewn on like those I've seen? I think there may be some conversions where press-studs were added later, probably by a third party, and I believe it's an original feature of the IIIg case, but I was wondering if they started doing this earlier?

[willeica]

16 hours ago, Anbaric said:

Just curious if you've come across Leitz cases for the pre-war Leicas that have detachable top sections so they can be used as half-cases, or were they always directly sewn on like those I've seen? I think there may be some conversions where press-studs were added later, probably by a third party, and I believe it's an original feature of the IIIg case, but I was wondering if they started doing this earlier?

I will look at what I have. I do recall some having studs that permitted removal. There was no half case option in the earlier items, such as I have shown above. I have quite a collection of cases, including some for using SCNOO and Leicavit winders as well as items which allowed a rangefinder to be stored in the lid like this one and others which allow a FOKOS rangefinder to be left on the camera while stored in the case. The range of Leica ERCs was wide and varied a lot over the years. I will get back.

William 

[jerzy]

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case shown by William has a small belt on the top protecting the camera from falling out. There was as well similar case without belt and without screw at the bottom.
If I remember well case for III with MOOLY has detachable front (do not haver a photo).
There exist "noname" case, commonly named "DRGM" (Deutsches Reich Gebrauchsmuster), rather rare

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[willeica]

2 hours ago, jerzy said:

case shown by William has a small belt on the top protecting the camera from falling out. There was as well similar case without belt and without screw at the bottom.
If I remember well case for III with MOOLY has detachable front (do not haver a photo).
There exist "noname" case, commonly named "DRGM" (Deutsches Reich Gebrauchsmuster), rather rare

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Jerzy, there are some examples of the cases with no straps in von Einem’s book. They were, I think, earlier than the ones which had straps. I may post some images tomorrow. Leica cases show a lot more variety than the cameras. Many of them look like they were made by craftsmen who had a free rein as regards design and features. Looking for consistency can be frustrating.

 

William 

[jerzy]

DRGM case is shown as well in V.Einem book. And now I know - it is from Dieleman. I remember one beeing auctioned in Westlich for few hundreds Euro

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