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11-02-2006
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ray_g is offline
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How old is your vintage Leica?
I was just looking at them today after I took out the elmar-c that i sold earlier, and checked out serial #'s:
M3 and collapsible 50 summicron - both 1955
M2 - 1958
Rigid Summicron - 1957
90/2.8 Chrome elmarit - 1960
Amazing how they keep working, most of them working like new. And all older than I am.
Well, I had to look at the screwmount kit:
IIIf - 1951 (I thought it would have been older)
35/3.5 Summaron - 1950
90/4 elmar - 1960
50/2 Summar - 1937
50/3.5 Elmar - no serial number, pre-1933
And the IIIf's got an almost-finished roll in it. 
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11-02-2006
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m3- '57
m2- '58
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M2, Hexar RF, Leica IIIC, Leica IIIf RD ST, Leica IIF RD too many lenes
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11-02-2006
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My M2 is from 1965.
I used Stephen Gandy's site http://www.cameraquest.com/mtype.htm for those that don't know off the top of their heads or don't want to Google it.
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M3 - 1955
M2 - 1962
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11-02-2006
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I was born in 1956, and all my Leica stuff is older than me. All works like new.
IIIa - 1935
M3 - 1954
Summar - 1935
Summitar - 1951
Elmar f4/9cm - 1946
SBOOI finder - unknown but old
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My two were born the same year. My Dad was 3 years old when they were manufactured.
Leica IIIa 1936
Leica III 1936
Summitar 1942 (coated version)
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11-02-2006
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M4-1970
Is that too young to be vintage?
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11-02-2006
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hey, they're only Zorkis
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Leica.III chrome ~ 1935
Leica.III black ~ 1934
Elmar.9cm black ~ 1937
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M3, 1960
29 years older than me. 
It works, but the 1 second setting isn't accurate - I'll get it fixed eventually. |
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11-02-2006
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IIIf RD, 1952-55
IIIa, 1935
Summitar, 1949
Elmar 50mm f/3.5 coated, 1946
Jim N.
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11-03-2006
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My everyday outfit:
M2 - 1959
50 f2.8 elmar - 1965
Weston Euro Master - 19??
Sonn to be joined by:
90 elmar - ~ 1960
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11-03-2006
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do your job, then let go
kmack is offline
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IIIf BD 1951
Summitar 1950 f=5cm 1:2
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11-03-2006
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I need to find a source for serial numbers and production dates for :
Standard Leica
IIIc
M3 SS slightly below 1000,000
M6 (1997?)
Raid
Last edited by raid : 11-03-2006 at 05:47.
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11-03-2006
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11-03-2006
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I don't own an M, but my LTM's are:
Leica Standard Black - 1934, (batch of 225)
Leica IIIc -1950, (batch of 25000)
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11-03-2006
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Originally Posted by Ash
I don't own an M, but my LTM's are:
Leica Standard Black - 1934, (batch of 225)
Leica IIIc -1950, (batch of 25000)
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Ash: How can you tell that the Standard is one out of 225 made?
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11-03-2006
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There used to be a serial number checker at leica-camera.com but it seems to have vanished with the redesign. Shame, it was handy for checking ebay items and the like.
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11-03-2006
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Raid check the cameraquest links |
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11-03-2006
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Hi,
IIIc 1949
IIIc 1946
M4 1969
Ciao
joerg
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11-03-2006
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Raid check the cameraquest links |
Thanks, Ash. I will do so. My Standard is also black and I wonder if the black models are rarer or the chrome ones. One person told me that the black is rare but I read somewhere that many more were made in black than in chrome.
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11-03-2006
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28mm hektor 1937
50 elmar 1936
IIIC 1946
M3 1955
M2 1960
My avitar is an x-ray of my 1946 IIIC
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11-03-2006
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Nick Merritt
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My two M3s are Feb. 1957 and June 1959, if the dates at Stephen's site from Leica are accurate. One older than me, one younger. I forget the serial numbers of my SL and SL2.
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11-03-2006
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Just do it.
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My M2 - 1960
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11-03-2006
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Guy what is this?
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A Russian fake, Vladimer!
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