ALLESPACH Posted March 2, 2008 Share #1 Â Posted March 2, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Has anyone heard of a BROWN leather IIIf RD? circa 1952. IIIF RD Leica D.R.P. Ernst Leitz serial Nr. 630166 I'm trying to find out as much as I can about this particular camera - as its something of a family heirloom - and it will be a great project, making it absolutely complete - lenses, flashes, other accessories, perhaps ($$$) a Leicavit winder...... Â I'd be grateful for any information. Â Everyone on the forum has been so helpful - thank you all. Â David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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harryzet Posted March 2, 2008 Share #2 Â Posted March 2, 2008 a few well used leicas are brown - sweat and sun having dicolored the vulcanite Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. No Posted March 2, 2008 Share #3 Â Posted March 2, 2008 the only regular one was the Leica I with calfleather, very rare and very expensive. yours NO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted March 2, 2008 Share #4 Â Posted March 2, 2008 Ugh, never seen so many oddities one after another in this area of the forum... brown vulcanite... well I think that an expert would have to evaluate (de visu) if the material is the same as Leitz original... in the pic it seems a little glossier, but can be light effect. Otherwise, I think it can be simply a re-covering made in some good lab... there are still companies that offer such items of various colors/textures, I remember one that was quoted in the forum (and I navigated its site... nice covers...) : nothing bad if it is so... a standard IIIf with a 3rd party cover is not, imho, to be considered a "fake" .... simply an exteriorally modified one. BTW, I own a IIIc whose vulcanite (original) is prone to detach... sometimes I thought to have it changed with some alien one... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. No Posted March 2, 2008 Share #5  Posted March 2, 2008 it looks like original vulcanite - more than well used:  watch the following example: http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/anj4de/P1016072-1.jpg  from this thread:  http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-sammler-historica/43314-vulcanite-bschichtung-reinigen.html  yours NO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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