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stuken
10-25-2007, 13:00
http://vancouver.craigslist.org/pho/459431052.html

What do you think?
triplefinger
10-25-2007, 13:05
looks like FSU -- check the aperture ring and shutter release



http://www.xs4all.nl/~tomtiger/fakes.html

http://www.camera-net.com/english.htm
xayraa33
10-25-2007, 13:22
it is a Fed 1
M. Valdemar
10-25-2007, 14:01
It's a Fed and a clever attempt by the ad writer to profess ignorance that it's a fake. He wants to snare in some ignorant dunce who thinks he'll make a deal for a once-in-a-lifetime find of a rare "Leica". The old "given to him by a deceased friend" gambit. Dead men tell no tales.
LeicaTom
10-25-2007, 16:36
Russian fake!

Tom
Finder
10-25-2007, 17:06
Kind of sick for a Russian camera to be used to make money as a NAZI artifact.
Solinar
10-25-2007, 17:16
Kind of sick for a Russian camera to be used to make money as a NAZI artifact.

I always found it to be bit ironic as well for the grand children of the great patriotic struggle against fascism selling fake NAZI paraphernalia to make a quick buck.
peterm1
10-25-2007, 19:23
Yep Its Russian alright. Once you know what to look for they stick out like the proverbial dog's "bits." I have nothing against these incidentally so long as they are honest about them being Russian copies. They could be a whole collecting stream in themselves. There are many on eBay labelled as fake Nazi Leicas and sold as such for around $100.00. So this one is way over priced.
Dralowid
10-26-2007, 00:34
Try soaking it in a vat of vodka. After a couple of hours it should come clean...

Michael
wolves3012
10-26-2007, 04:35
Looks to me like a FED 1g but the lens looks like an Industar 22 rather than the correct FED lens. I can't see the aperture tab that a FED lens would use, although the pictures aren't the clearest. Interesting that he says the case is certainly genuine (presumably because it says Leica on it, which is no guarantee) yet he's not sure about the camera (which also says Leica on it!).

I love these "I don't know anything about cameras" type ads - they know nothing yet they have set a price. Anyone with half a brain would go do some research before selling an item that they knew nothing about. How else would you know that you got a fair price?