[Leica] Re: Fake Leica as a user

[h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche)]

Hey Ric, have you checked the lugs as the source of the leak on your IIIf?


--- On Sun, 1/11/09, Ric Carter <ricc@embarqmail.com> wrote:

> From: Ric Carter <ricc@embarqmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Fake Leica as a user
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Sunday, January 11, 2009, 3:58 PM
> thanks!
> 
> ric
> 
> 
> On Jan 11, 2009, at 4:42 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
> 
> > 
> > On Jan 11, 2009, at 2:08 PM, Ric wrote:
> > 
> >> What's the story on these Russian copies so
> far as shooting in the
> >> real world?
> >> 
> >> a suitable second ltm body?
> >> 
> >> or first body for that matter?
> >> 
> >> I have a light leaking IIIf that seems impossible
> to cure.
> >> 
> >> ric
> > 
> > Ric,
> > 
> > The quality of the basic Fed camera that is used to
> make the fake Leicas varies widely. Some are decent cameras,
> others not worth a damn. For a while the British camera
> buying pubic bought dozens of these cameras as cheap
> versions of the Leica and while some swore by them, other
> swore at them. If you want a replacement for your IIIf, you
> have several approaches open.
> > 1. Buy a used older Leica IIIc or IIIf. A good user
> model will sell for less than $250.
> > 2. Pick up a Canon LTM camera. The later models,
> especially the Canon VT, Canon 6, and Canon P matched the
> quality of the same era Leica models and offered more
> features. All LTM Leica lenses will fit the Canons.
> > 3. If you can, try to find a Nicca or Sears Tower
> version of the Leica III at a flea market. It should sell
> for $50 or less. Many claim that this was the best of the
> Leica knockoffs.
> > 
> > Larry Z
> > 
> > 
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