Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It should take photos just fine if it works, but all the photos are in Russian. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Zeitlin" Subject: [Leica] Re: Russian "Leica" >I fell victim to the lure of e-bay and bought a Russian imitation > Leica IIIa with an "Elmar" f3.5 50mm lens. It is described as being > in excellent condition and the lens is described as "not bad." The > camera was being sold by Adorama, a firm that I have found to be > quite honest, so I feel that I probably wasn't being screwed too > badly. Besides the price was less than $100. Anything priced that low > with the name Leica on it has to be a bargain. The pictures show the > camera to be a reasonable facsimile of a pre-war Leica and has a > little eagle and swastika Nazi symbol on the top plate along with a > serial number in the 19xxxx series. > > I know nothing about the Russian imitation Leicas. Can anyone > enlighten me? Can it actually take pictures? > > Larry Z