[Leica] IMG: Some shiny stuff for the glass cabinet

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Hello all, another bout of collectivitis!
I shouldn't have left the house today!!
50 Euros poorer, but a couple of rather nice shiny (but still very 
dusty) additions to my display cabinet.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/_MG_7614.jpg.html
A Voigtl?nder VITO IIa - some tiny patches of rust and the film 
indicator on the rewind knob is unreadable, but everything inside and 
out works as it should

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/_MG_7613.jpg.html
Voigtl?nder VITO CLR - the cheaper version with a Lanthar 2.8/50mm - the 
meter and everything else works, only the paint on the side of the meter 
wondow on top is rubbed off.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/_MG_7612.jpg.html

The most expensive part: 30 Euros altogether, including a leather case.
An almost like new Kodak Retina IIIc - the meter works too, shown here 
with the finder for the accessory lenses, the bakelite lens shade and 
the accessory lenses were part of the deal too

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/_MG_7611.jpg.html

The accessory lenses - still in their plastic keepers, look as if 
they've never been used (which is understandable, it's a terribly fiddly 
business involving acertaining the distance with the RF, noting the 
setting for the standard lens and then transferring it to another scale 
at the bottom of the focusing ring)

I even bought some film to put them through their paces.

Cheers from a rather happy Douglas in Hannover