Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A IIIc < 400,000 should the wartime design with the rewind switch slightly elevated above the top plate. If there is ANY evidence of a factory selftimer you may be dealing with a IIId, which are VERY VALUABLE. On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, ABreull@aol.com wrote: >In einer eMail vom 05.08.1997 16:31:48, schreiben Sie: > >>A friend recently inherited a couple of old leicas. One is a SS M3 # >>984217 with meter MR and a Summilux 50 1.4. She also got what I assume >>to be a III (It is a screw mount body) of some version the # on it is >>397598 with a 3.5cm Elmar #271314. >> >>From Ben's site I know the summilux is a 1933 lens, > >M3 number and year > >984.201 to 987.000 1959 > >The III is a IIIc (probably from 1946). > >390.001 to 397.650 1943 to 1946. (no more information available, >WW 2) > >lens: > >236.001 to 284.600 1935. > >The Summilux cannot be from 1933, the frist version is from 1959 (which >matches with the camera). > >-Alf >