Pecole Posted September 5, 2008 Share #1 Posted September 5, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Having read something in a thread yesterday about a fake Leica and a diappointed lady, I opened one of my trays and looked at my last fake (I used to have 7 soviet copies and 4 fakes in the Fontenelle collection). Here are the 3 pixes I took : this fake is only Leica engraved and bears heavy signs of prior polishing. It has a funny history. When a "heavy" collector in the early 80s, I got a call from a friend who was rummaging in a flea market in Brussels. He called from a nearby café (no mobile at that time) and suggested I drove in a hurry (I lived 20 miles from the city) because he had taken an option on a pre-war Leica at an incredible price : the equivalent of today's 20 euros. So did I, to immediately discover "the" problem. Finally, I explained what it was to the seller, who agreed to sell it for 15 euros. I took it, then my friend said : "You'll have to add the price of the beer I had to take at the café, and the cost of the call". All finished with smiles ... and another beer, and for a quarter of a century the camera was named "Café-Leicasky". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 5, 2008 Posted September 5, 2008 Hi Pecole, Take a look here Soviet fake. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
rubenkok Posted September 5, 2008 Share #2 Posted September 5, 2008 Hi Pecole, And did you ever used this Zorki 1 ? Tried it with a Leica lens or just used the Industar 22? Manual: http://www.cameramanuals.org/russian_pdf/zorki.pdf from M. Butkus, NJ. Lens made after 1961 ? Matt's Classic Cameras: Industar-22 f3.5 50mm LTM Just curious regards Ruben Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted September 5, 2008 Share #3 Posted September 5, 2008 Funny to see an industar on a "leica". Todays copies are better:rolleyes: (Having an original zorki, with original zorki-leathercase, zorki-manual (russian), industar lens and still proud of it, because it still takes great pictures and the pre-owner was a professional photographer in soviet airplane-industry). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pecole Posted September 6, 2008 Author Share #4 Posted September 6, 2008 Thanks, Ruben. Yes, I tried it a few years ago, just like it is, with the Industar. I had some problems with the speeds (not worth an overhaul!), but by chance, a few results were acceptable. Your link - I knew it, in fact - has been useful, because I never had the idea to look for Russian cameras instructions. Leically yours Pierre (pecole is a contraction of Pierre and Colette - my wife for 46 years - used by an old friend for nearly 30 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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