Leica IIIc

11 years 1 month ago #275715 by Screamin Scott
Getting ready to send the seller a money order on one of these with a 50mm F3.5 lens...I'll finally own a Leica !!

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11 years 1 month ago #275718 by KCook
My father had one. It was the first 35mm camera I ever used. Film has to be loaded from the bottom (the back does not swing open). Struggling to load film was the worst aspect of that model. I assume you also have a handheld light meter ...

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11 years 1 month ago #275719 by Screamin Scott
Several of them....

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11 years 1 month ago #275731 by KCook
Ditto, but I haven't actually used one in this century! :silly:

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5 years 11 months ago #581294 by fmw
I had bunch of Leica gear several years ago including a IIIC that I used only a few times.  I used the M cameras regularly.  I can tell you that the shutter is likely to be inaccurate so you will need to spend some time calibrating your light readings to it.  The lens is sharp even with color film which says a lot about Leitz optics from that era.  Be sure that it doesn't have any fungus.  If it does, it can be cleaned.  I think you will have a lot of fun with it.


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