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In Reply to: Re: Russian Leica II Copies posted by Michael Lee on December 05, 2003 at 20:21:34:
and ran a roll of color prints through it. They came out okay as I have no light meter and had to guess with those funky f/stops and shutter speeds.The camera seems to be working with the exception of what looks like internal fingerprints on the rangefinder and viewfinder. It doesn't prevent using the camera but it is distracting. I wrote the seller in Moscow and referred to my camera as "new" rather than "used excellent". He said it may very well be fingerprints.
The "new" comment made me wonder if someone is still making them? The ones sold from USA addresses are sold as new and all have 3rd Reich engravings of some sort. The one I have is marked Leica with none of 3rd Reich markings. I'm not sure how old it is or who made it. It is a nice looking conversation piece, though.
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No, they are not "new" - simply reworked from 50 year old carcasses :). It is not difficult to take the top plate off and have it refinished - sanding, painting followed by engraving."As new", "Shutter speeds are appropriate", "Mint!!"....these are familiar phrases from Russian/Ukrainian sellers. How good the actuall item is depends on your luck. I have several cracker condition ones cosmetically, but mechanically they were about 90%.
during the Leica I and II era? It couldn't have been very fast since my lower shutter speeds are 20, 30, 40, 60, etc.I got a roll of 200 ISO and set the shutter speed to 1/200 and eyeballed f/8 between f/9 and f/6.3. Came out pretty good for a starting point. Seems like 200 might be the ticket for outdoor snapping around.
a separate hand held light meter is a Godsend. My Minolta IV F gets a workout, even though I own a fine Auto everything Nikon F5.Should be able to find an excellent one on ebay for $150 or so.
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