Pecole Posted March 25, 2009 Share #21 Posted March 25, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) My rarest ......... From the Leitz Wetzlar Zucker Abteilung......... From Jan with a tongue in cheek.... I also have several of these "sweet bodies", collected at Wetzlar Werke many years ago ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ddp Posted March 25, 2009 Share #22 Posted March 25, 2009 Not as rare as some of what's been posted, but certainly uncommon. I'm sure some of you have seen this elsewhere. The Leicavit is also part of the LHSA MP3 set, I do lack the 50/1.4 part of the kit as I purchased body & vit seperately. 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/80181-your-rarest-pieces/?do=findComment&comment=852383'>More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted March 25, 2009 Share #23 Posted March 25, 2009 Did anyone know the year of my elmar with number 135236? Is it 1930 or 1931? Probably 1932 or even 1933, indeed : the Elmar 90 story is this : - 1930 : experimental ultrarare Elmar 90 f 6,3 - 1931 : Elmar 90 f4, "fat" design (some variants): early lenses (as mine) are unnumbered - 1932 : again the "fat" version, numbered, most of the year - 1932 "end of year" : new "slim" version, the very first items (ultrarare) have a mount that, at the end, is tapered (a small cone shape, subsequently used, much elongated, in the Elmar 105 f 6,3) - 1933 : Elmar slim design. So, your item could be end of '32 - start of '33... I have nowhere red which was the starting s/n of the slim version... but seems to me reasonable that the first batch could have started at 135.000... don't remember to have seen other focals in the 135.xxx range. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matveev Posted March 27, 2009 Share #24 Posted March 27, 2009 Very very beautiful items ,guys...even if I've seen one of the biggest fake sold not long time ago. Cheers what do you mean? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbx4kim Posted March 27, 2009 Share #25 Posted March 27, 2009 1 have a r4 usa licensed high 167 batch.great 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! 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/80181-your-rarest-pieces/?do=findComment&comment=854908'>More sharing options...
zelias Posted March 28, 2009 Share #26 Posted March 28, 2009 Probably the smallest Leica (M3?) made (in the form of tie clip) 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/80181-your-rarest-pieces/?do=findComment&comment=855256'>More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted March 29, 2009 Share #27 Posted March 29, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) 50th Anniversary M5 with early 50mm Summilux Cheers dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted March 29, 2009 Share #28 Posted March 29, 2009 Leica 110. Here it is, from the beginning of creation till the finished camera. Ah, now that's sweet. I like the threaded shutter release with the M style collar. Did this camera have anything like a proper Leica lens or was it just a rebadged camera made elsewhere? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matveev Posted March 31, 2009 Share #29 Posted March 31, 2009 Ah, now that's sweet. I like the threaded shutter release with the M style collar. Did this camera have anything like a proper Leica lens or was it just a rebadged camera made elsewhere? oh, this Leica was bought in 2008 year at Leica Shop, from Peter Coeln. if you have any questions - go ahead, ask me 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/80181-your-rarest-pieces/?do=findComment&comment=858503'>More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted March 31, 2009 Share #30 Posted March 31, 2009 Ah, now that's sweet. I like the threaded shutter release with the M style collar. Did this camera have anything like a proper Leica lens or was it just a rebadged camera made elsewhere? Any evidence, for me, is that it's a rebadged Japanese (Minolta?) : 110 was a short lived frenzy of mid' 70s... a period already a bit uncomfortable for Leitz factories : I doubt they would have afforded to establish a production line for such a camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted April 4, 2009 Share #31 Posted April 4, 2009 No "rarities" for some days... ... well, this isn't ancient nor super rare ... an Elmarit 28 of the very first series, Wetzlar made and with the box that proudly displays its complex and then abandoned 9 elements design. I like this item, even if later designs perform better, and, on M8, lightmetering is uncorrect with it... 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/80181-your-rarest-pieces/?do=findComment&comment=862612'>More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted April 4, 2009 Share #32 Posted April 4, 2009 My scarce Canadian 28mm Elmarit-M Type I with Wetzlar hood ... I think Luigi's Wetzlar Mk I is rare compared to the Canadian version. Cheers dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted April 4, 2009 Share #33 Posted April 4, 2009 My scarce Canadian 28mm Elmarit-M Type I with Wetzlar hood ... I think Luigi's Wetzlar Mk I is rare compared to the Canadian version.Cheers dunk http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-collectors-historica/57729-leitz-canada-28-2-8-m.html Cheers dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted April 4, 2009 Share #34 Posted April 4, 2009 Thanks for the "handshaking" Wetzlar-Ontario, Dunk .... ; I never found info about the production figures Germany/Canada of the 1st Elmarit 28... the numbering is not so clear... I never saw a Wetzlar in th 2.1xx.xxx range, but Lager displays a 2.061.xxx from Wetzlar, a 2.062.xxx from Canada, my Wetzlar is 2.063.xxx... who knows ? My hood (apparently, part of the original boxed set) is ALMOST identical to yours... but not exactly ! The engraved code is 12501 M ! it bears also the "1:3,4 / 21" engraving, like yours. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted April 4, 2009 Share #35 Posted April 4, 2009 As I said, the 28 Elmarit 1st version is undoubtly an interesting item, but Leitz did a good job with its successors... a comparision I made some time ago, 100% crops from a M8 shot, both lenses at 5,6 to avoid small focusing differences... first the 9 elements, then a 3rd version (Canada, of course) from 1982: exactly the same processing in Lightroom from DNG. 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/80181-your-rarest-pieces/?do=findComment&comment=862820'>More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted April 4, 2009 Share #36 Posted April 4, 2009 Thanks for the comparison pictures Luigi ... big difference ... I have the Mk III also but have only just acquired it and have not tried it yet. I wonder if the difference would be so apparent for a non-close-up subject? Maybe the Mk I was not designed for close focus? Might be worth comparing at longer focusing distances but the Mk III would probably still have the edge. Cheers dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted April 4, 2009 Share #37 Posted April 4, 2009 Thanks for the comparison pictures Luigi ... big difference ... I have the Mk III also but have only just acquired it and have not tried it yet. I wonder if the difference would be so apparent for a non-close-up subject? Maybe the Mk I was not designed for close focus? Might be worth comparing at longer focusing distances but the Mk III would probably still have the edge. Cheers dunk I made other comparisons... can't help, newer is ALWAYS better... only detail in which the 1st stands up: vignetting (but on M8, remember) is not at all higher: with film, difference was more evident, in this sense: I remember that, in my mind, I got a feeling not so different than the comparision of Super Angulon f4 with Super Angulon 3,4. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flatfour Posted April 5, 2009 Share #38 Posted April 5, 2009 Seems silly , but I was told by a collector that this viewfinder is extremely rare - a WEISU in original box and tissue. 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/80181-your-rarest-pieces/?do=findComment&comment=863857'>More sharing options...
DDM Posted April 5, 2009 Share #39 Posted April 5, 2009 @flatfour Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted April 6, 2009 Share #40 Posted April 6, 2009 Such a fine WEISU is really a little gem : if you look at www.leicashop.com there is one for sale, with a much worst box, for sale at a rather high price ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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