leica iiig

[tajart]

now here is my dilema- yesterday i came across a beauty of a iiig with a 50/2.8 elmar collapsible. beautiful looking, curtains look soft and supple, shutter sounds good. rangefinder clear and bright. the lens could use a cleaning. the vulcanite, ah the vulcanite. i could see some reglued small pieces around the slow speed dial. anyway,
i couldn't pass it up and took it home. of course closer at home inspection reveals the vulcanite loosening- its all intact except for the small pieces mentioned above; so i might be able to make it look good, and strengthen it, with some careful attempt at getting some adhesive under the vulcanite.
or, should i just send it off and get a new cover?
would it be wiser to keep the original vul. in place, and if it chips and flakes, let them fall where they may?
whichever way i decide, i know this is going to be a very fun camera to use.
oh yeah, it is from a december 1959 production.

[Traut]

I had DAG redo my IIIg last month. YOU CANNOT TELL IT FROM THE ORIGINAL!
I am 100 percent pleased with it - total turnaround was 1 week delivered. He has a special jig for the IIIg. Email me and i can send you photos etc. Dilema solved.
traut at bellsouth.net

[captainslack]

Are you going to use it? If so, get whatever covering strikes your fancy from Camera Leather.

Or did you buy it as a collectible? If so, I'd send it DAG.

[tajart]

its too nice not to use, and i'll send it to dag as well.
while i have "three to few" i definitely have more that i can use- basically i buy them to use them.
i'm going to make some things available in the classifieds pretty soon.
thanks
tomj

[richard_l]

The IIIg is a splendid camera, certainly worth getting recovered. The 50mm/2.8 Elmar ain't no slouch either.

[the lobster]

Even though they have a recovering service, I found it very easy to apply the cameraleather.com covering myself on my IIIc. Just ordered another for my M5.

[hth]

I got an M2 with some missing vulcanite, in fact the entire piece of the back door, some square centimeters elsewhere and some minor chipping. After getting it, I bought new cloths from cameraleather. But, I have not bothered to put it on yet! I just use the camera and I am happy with it!

So, enjoy your iiig and have a little patience before you decide what to do with it.

/Håkan

[laptoprob]

Do not forget about Aki's coverings! link! (http://www.aki-asahi.com/store/)
Rob.

[tajart]

thanks for the replies- talked w dag this afternoon and the camera is on its way to him.
when it returns i'll post pic of it and made with it. again, thanks to all who responded and shared in my excitement.