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Just at closing on the 15th, a little old gentleman came in offering to sell his war memento – a Luftwaffe Leica with a brass bar on the back. I chaired our 6th annual fair in the Park Plaza hotel (June 14/15, 1980).
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A more common model in good shape was easily “transformed” into a fake rare version and immediately saw a big value increase if sold to the innocent or unwary who had no immediate access to serial number tables and model illustrations. Once the buyers began to pay more for the rarer models, the fraudsters crept in and it was buyer beware time. Few books existed on camera history and variations. We had red curtain Leicas, K (German for ball bearing) stamped curtains (these shutter worked reliably under very low temperature conditions), black Leicas, “hockey stick” Leicas (the original infinity stop on fixed-lens Leicas – it was removed if the camera ever went back to Leitz for any reason) and those with German military markings, etc. When we were first organized in the 1970s, Leicas, Zeiss-Ikons and other old cameras were everywhere at reasonable prices. Leica I (A) | Leica I (C) | Leica II (D) | Leica Standard (E) | Leica III (F) | Leica 250 Reporter | Leica IIIa (G) | Leica IIIb | Leica IIIc | Leica IIc | Leica Ic | Leica IIIf | Leica IIIgĪlta | Baika | Bessa L/T/R | Canon II/III/IV | Canon VT | Canon VIT | Canon P | Canon 7 | Canon 7s | Chiyoca | Chiyotax | Gokoku | Honor S1 | Honor SL | Ichicon-35 | Jeicy | Konica FR | Lausar | Leotax | Leotax G | Melcon | Melcon II | Muley | Nicca | Nicca III-L | Nippon | Tanack 35/IIIS/IV-S | Tanack SD | Tanack VP | Teica | Yashica YE | Yashica YL | Yasuhara T981Īstro Berlin | Enna | Hensoldt | Isco | Meyer | Rodenstock | Schacht | Schneider | Steinheil | Voigtländer | ZeissĪrco (Colinar, Snowva) | Canon (Serenar) | Fuji (Cristar, Fujinon) | K.O.L. (Xebec) | Konica (Hexanon) | Konishiroku (Hexar, Hexanon) | Kowa (Prominar) | Kyōei (Acall) | Lena | Leotax | Chiyoda / Minolta (Rokkor) | Misuzu (Altanon) | MS Optical R&D | Nicca | Nippon Kōgaku (Nikkor) | Olympus (Zuiko) | Orion (Supreme) | Pentax | Reise | Ricoh | Sankyō (Komura) | Shōwa Kōki (Piotar) | Sun (Sola, Sophia, Xebec) | Tanaka (Tanar) | Telesar | Tōkyō Kōgaku (Simlar, Topcor) | Voigtländer | Y.K. Optical (Kobalux, Avenon) | Zeika (Rojar) | Zuihō (Honor) | Teikoku / ZunowĬorfield | Dallmeyer | National Opt. Co.Russian Fake Leica II from Stephen Gandy’s Camera Quest site
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The Leica Ic (1949-1951, 455,001-562,800) was also based on the IIIc chassis, without the rangefinder and the slow speeds dial.Īs an upgrade of the Leica IIIb, the Leica IIIc had important changes: The Leica IIIc was built from 1940 to 1951 (serial numbers 360,101-525,001), with approx.
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Some had grey paint finish due to the lack of chrome during the war. It was made of aluminum, with chrome-plated brass top plate, base plate and knobs. The Leica IIIc is a 35mm rangefinder camera introduced by Leica in 1940.