Old leica camera ?

[byron185]

FOR SALE IS A LEICA CAMERA ?
THIS WAS ONE OF MY LATE FATHERS SO I DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
THIS SEEMS TO BE IN VERY NICE CONDITION THE INSIDE LOOKS CLEAN,IT WINDS ON AND CLICKS WHEN YOU TRY AND TAKE A PICTURE, BUT I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS, SO CANT GUARANTEE THAT IT WORKS
BUT IT WOULD MAKE A LOVERLY SHELF QUEEN
NOT SURE IF THIS IS A GENUINE OR A MAKE AS I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF RUSSIAN FED FAKES ABOUT
SO TAKING THAT ALL INTO CONSIDERATION I WANT £130 now £100 POSTED UK ONLY now £75

 

[johnboy]

How many Mega Pixels is it

 

[Baggy]

Hi

I would suggest that you speak to Steve Byford at FFordes, Nice guy and a Leica specialist. Note some old leicas can fetch good money.

http://www.ffordes.com/

No connections other than as a customer since the 70s

 

[garethw]

Hi there
Sorry to tell you but these cameras are well know as Russian fakes. Leica never made brass bodies. These were made using a Zorki or FED camera and the Leica engraving added...
If you look closely at the quiality compared to a real Leica the difference is obvious...

If you Google it you'll find loads of info on these.

cheers
Gareth

 

[DavidJT]

+1 What Gareth said.

 

[johnboy]

Hi there
Sorry to tell you but these cameras are well know as Russian fakes. Leica never made brass bodies. These were made using a Zorki or FED camera and the Leica engraving added...
If you look closely at the quiality compared to a real Leica the difference is obvious...

If you Google it you'll find loads of info on these.

cheers
Gareth

So it hasn't got White Balance compensation and HD video mode??

 

[IanM]

It appears to be a fake as Leica never made brass bodies.

http://www.portretteur.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=86

 

[johnboy]

It appears to be a fake as Leica never made brass bodies.

http://www.portretteur.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=86

They didn't badly emboss their logo onto the cases either....

 

[Wayland]

Previous thread...

 

[HillBill]

It appears to be a fake as Leica never made brass bodies.

http://www.portretteur.nl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=86

Seems they did 4 models with brass ( or similar) If you scroll down to the bottom of the page on the link, to the Leica family tree, you can see them.

 

[andyc54]

yep the lieca III was brass but with a chrome plating or painted during the war because of lack of chrome so could of been polished off but still just does nt look aswell engineered as a real lieca.....although im no expert so could be wrong

 

[andyc54]

here you go

http://nemeng.com/leica/042b.shtml

 

[craeg]

Previous thread...

Same as Wayland. This is very curious

 

[garethw]

This gives you all the info you need:
http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-213.html

cheers
Gareth

 

[Doc]

Curiously, the 'Russsian Art Gift Store' has for sale something similar. So similar it even has the same serial number!

http://russiangiftstore.com/camera.htm

 

[IanM]

And that concludes the evidence for the prosecution, m'lud.

 

[Ratbag]

Looks great. I've got £130 in £13 notes (which may or may not be fake). Let me know where you want 'em posted to

Rat

 

[craeg]

Looks great. I've got £130 in £13 notes (which may or may not be fake). Let me know where you want 'em posted to

Rat

 

[byron185]

Bump ttt !!!!!!!!!!

 

[plastic-ninja]

This really does not look kosher.I guess your late father bought it for a laugh
when he was polishing his genuine Leica.
I'd stick it on Ebay as a "replica" if I were you and hope that you never
meet the buyer!!!!
I'd buy it myself but all my £7 notes are still in the dryer.
Simon