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Zathras
03-03-2007, 20:14
Just thought I'd pass this one along. I hope nobody's dumb enough to buy it. :p

http://cgi.ebay.com/Leica-Luftwaffen-Beautiful-Green-Russian-Leica_W0QQitemZ270092762141QQihZ017QQcategoryZ3003 0QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Mike Sullivan
rbeverag
03-03-2007, 21:05
Just thought I'd pass this one along. I hope nobody's dumb enough to buy it. :p

http://cgi.ebay.com/Leica-Luftwaffen-Beautiful-Green-Russian-Leica_W0QQitemZ270092762141QQihZ017QQcategoryZ3003 0QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Mike Sullivan


Especially when you can buy a counterfeit Leica from FSU dealers for a lot less.

This seller has the highest prices in the world, I don't know how many they get to fall for their items.

Besides, a Luftwafe variation is grey and most were IIIC's, IIRC.

Roger B
erikhaugsby
03-03-2007, 21:16
This guy has had a small rash of highly questionable auctions recently. Not too long ago he sold a (genuine) IIIc to a RFF member with a lens he fervently claimed to be a real 50mm Elmar but was clearly an I-22 (aperture dial, engraving style gave it away.)
I don't get it--with the depth of material he has for sale is it even conceivable that he could think this to be a genuine Leica? I really don't think so...
Spyderman
03-04-2007, 03:35
Poor little Zorki :(
lushd
03-04-2007, 03:45
It makes you groan every time you see it. The paint is already falling off. The case in in excellent condition though!
rxmd
03-04-2007, 04:03
Ugh. This must be about the ugliest colour in the world. My grandmother had a pre-WWII toilet that looked like this.
wolves3012
03-04-2007, 05:04
The lens egraving is neater than most I've seen but weren't Leitz marked "f=5cm" or something? Did I miss the "Leica" engravings on the camera? I don't see it anywhere. The camera looks like it's been dipped, whole, in paint if it weren't for the VF/RF windows being still clean! They even painted the screws. That's a disgusting colour too, plus the paint is chipped already! As for the price...surely no-one would...or would they?

I also notice that the body has no lens-mount accent stripe, suggesting an early body, yet the release spring is the later short type. Likely to be a parts-job too then.
Brad Bireley
03-04-2007, 05:42
Unless ebay changed their policies this item should be or will be taken off by ebay(if someone reports this auction) because of the swastika on the camera.

Brad
Austintatious
03-04-2007, 07:13
ZATHRAS,

U R right, this camera is to be avoided.
Really like your avatar however...... B - 5 rocked. I really miss the series.
Favorite zathras quote " not the one...not the one"

Charles
thirteen
03-04-2007, 07:44
This guy has had a small rash of highly questionable auctions recently. Not too long ago he sold a (genuine) IIIc to a RFF member with a lens he fervently claimed to be a real 50mm Elmar but was clearly an I-22 (aperture dial, engraving style gave it away.)
I don't get it--with the depth of material he has for sale is it even conceivable that he could think this to be a genuine Leica? I really don't think so...

I was the member who bought the genuine IIIc and the fake Elmar. The camera is in beautiful shape but the lens was definately a fake - (I should have done my homework better and spotted the fake before bidding - more experienced RFF members helped me). I did get a prompt refund on the lens - even before I shipped it back. I got a real Elmar in beautiful condition elsewhere.
captainslack
03-04-2007, 09:22
What the hell did they paint that thing with? Pea soup?
reagan
03-04-2007, 21:17
This guy has had a small rash of highly questionable auctions recently......As for the price...surely no-one would...or would they?
And yet, he's had 3700+ feedback transactions w/99.8% positive rating. Go figure. :rolleyes:

At that price, I'd say the "poor little Zorki" is at the high-point of his career! ;)