Jonny918 Posted April 21 Share #1 Posted April 21 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) If you are a Leica subject matter expert, perhaps you can shed light on this model. This camera was my father’s from the mid 1940s. It has taken a licking but it keeps on ticking. (Sorry Timex) this is a Leica classic pop quiz! What can you tell me about this camera? Thank you. 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! Edited April 21 by Jonny918 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/420665-what-can-you-tell-me-about-this-camera/?do=findComment&comment=5789708'>More sharing options...
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jankap Posted April 21 Share #2 Posted April 21 Welcome! Please start with the Leica Wiki in the first line of the forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted April 21 Share #3 Posted April 21 Welcome to the Forum ! Your father had it from mid '40s, but the camera is surely older: as Al Brown says, this is a Leica that was upgraded from model II to model III, a rework made by the Leitz factory and regularly listed at standard price : difficult to say when this upgrade was made... probably before WWII... Anyway Leica Camera Co., today, still can give answers about cameras made in the '30s.... they have almost all "historical" factory records : if you write them asking about Leica nr. 89177, detailing that has the look and specifications of a Leica III, can be that they tell you when the camera was made, where it was delivered, and if the camera came back to the factory for rework/upgrade. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny918 Posted April 21 Author Share #4 Posted April 21 Thank you for the direction. Yes, no doubt after sitting for decades it needs to be cleaned up! I will reach out to Leica Camera Co. too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted April 21 Share #5 Posted April 21 12 hours ago, Jonny918 said: What can you tell me about this camera? Thank you. 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! Goodness knows I'm hardly knowledgeable about these things but it MIGHT be that the relase-button for the Elmar lens is of the 'Flat-Front' type. If so then these lenses are quite attractive to those-in-the-know as that particular feature lasted for a relatively short period of time. Hopefully someone who does know about these matters will chime in soon. As has been mentioned the camera started out life as a Leica II and dates to the first (albeit rather numerous!) batch so even that detail is a nice thing which goes in its favour. Nice camera and lens. It should perform - and look - rather wonderful after a CLA. Philip. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted April 21 Share #6 Posted April 21 Jonny, just to complete this (approximate) review, could you post the serial number of the lens ? It ought to be engraved onto the black front ring... if in the range of 140-180.000 it was probably delivered together with the original Leica II body; have you some other lens for this camera ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny918 Posted April 21 Author Share #7 Posted April 21 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thanks for your comments. Hi Luigi, the serial number on the lens, as I see it, is 134.754. It is definitely worn, but I took a picture under a magnifying glass and can deduce the serial number from looking at the other numbers on the camera. They match up well. This is the only lens I have for this camera. 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! 1 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/420665-what-can-you-tell-me-about-this-camera/?do=findComment&comment=5790268'>More sharing options...
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