![]() Perhaps the case, lens, and body weren't originally together?Īnyway, that's my story about this camera. Maybe Leitz made them very bad because they were forced to produce them under threat. Ive seen pics of these leicas, not very good, very bad actually. the flat nose) while the lens is an Elmar. 1.1k Posted SeptemMike, These cameras are Luftwaffen Eigentum (german airforce issue in WW2) and were used to fotograph bombings. It's a bit of a mystery to me why the case has the standard nose (vs. I also received a grey case with a cut slice on top where the "Luftwaffen Eigentum" inscription would have been. I haven't determined if that lens was original. The camera had already been worked on so I didn't feel bad about trying to restore it to a useful life. ![]() I sent the camera to DAG, who replaced the curtains with "like new" used red curtains, recovered the camera with material that is remarkably like the original Vulcanite, and did a CLA. The camera was a bit of a mess - missing Vulcanite, gooey red curtains, and a lens mount flange that was rotated 90 degrees from where it should be! I suspect that someone had tried to repair the camera, gave up, and put the lens flange back in a hurry. I contacted Jim Lager and he confirmed that my camera was delivered to Berlin in December, 1940. Only the "m" at the end of the "Lufttwaffen Eigentum" inscription remained readable. The database of Leica lens serial numbers will only show 100 records at a time. This is only for lenses, if you are looking for bodies, it’s here: Leica camera serial numbers. Here’s the database list of Leica lens serial numbers below. Last spring I bought a chrome Lufttwaffen Eigentum IIIC that had been defaced. You can also search your lens in the Leica serial number lookup tool.
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