bobtodrick Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 About 15 years ago I got a gig shooting auto rallies for a national magazine. Longest lens for my Nikon was a 200mm...needed the 300 F4 ED Nikkor really badly but no cash...so I traded my black paint M4, not anodized or M4P or some such...nope, a German black paint M4 with a low serial number. Not only was it a great camera, but it is now worth a mint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliot_rosen1 Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Bill, the only factory original black paint Leica IIIg cameras that I know about are the three crown versions for the Swedish military (about 100 or so made). Today, the bidding for one of those cameraa starts at $15,000 USD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_michel Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 eliot -- you are being conservative! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsimmons Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Leicaflex SL w/50mm Summicron, sold in 1989 for $250 just to make rent during a long unemployed spell. Replaced it 5 years ago with an identical body, but picked up 90mm Summi and 180mm Elmar to create my 35mm telephoto kit. Can't imagine letting these go now. The viewfinder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul hart Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Noctilux (f1, separate hood) sold a few years ago. Replaced with current version s/h a few days ago, and it's not for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_w. Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Like Bill, a stolen from my storage unit BP M4 that I got in '90 for $700 before they became collectible. The thieve(s) also got a 286 company laptop, a Nikon F2 w/lenses and a real old/real nice Balisong knife. I hate thieves and cheaters with a passion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliot_rosen1 Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 "eliot -- you are being conservative!" Roger, Always! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nee_sung Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 I guess the saying "never sell a Leica" is true, at least for me. But if I have to choose only one, then it will be the 50/1.5 Summarit. I took one BW picture of my daughter when she was about 4. Now that she's 23, I realise that that BW picture is, to me, the best photo of her entire childhood! Who would have guessed? And the Summarit is not even supposed to be a particularly good Leitz lens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowingsky Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 What a painful thread!I can hear all of us whispering like we are in a confessional...or an encounter group. In 1984 I was helping out as a handyman in a daycare in Hollywood part time and had a great rapport with the 5-10 year olds. For my birthday they went through the stuff the apartment manager across the street donated to them and wrapped in Sunday funnies paper a Leica IIIF with a Summarit. I got it CLA'd for $40 from a retired Leica technician who worked out of his house near the Wiltshire district. Within days I found myself on a two month business trip that took me, and my Leica, through Milano, Kobenhaven (picked up a mint 50mm finder for it for $10 there), London, Manhattan, and Santa Fe. I fused with the camera and discovered what it was like to prevision what I wanted and then make it occur while the camera, ah the camera just sublimates the whole process. Anyway, some of the negs - randomly - had a half crescent of light on them that I didn't take the time to figure out and correct. Obviously it was flare, I NOW KNOW (stupid!!), but I sold that camera and lens at Frank's in Pasadena in 1986 for, well, I asked for $125 and the buyer said, "I'll give you $140." Telling you this strangely enough uplifts me not at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_w. Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Peter, I know, it sucks. But, to tell the truth, in my past life, I wouldn't change a thing. Happy Holidays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_ford1 Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Probably my "Press '84" 90 Cron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob soltis Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 280mm 2.8. Wasn't using it much in 1991, but there are many times since that it would have come in handy. And I'd hate to see what one would cost now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Eliot, it was a typing error. I originally wrote black-paint M4, then added IIIg in the wrong spot. Incidentally, the M4 was sold on consignment by Camera One, and I never got paid anything. The joke on me is that I could never use the camera because I was afraid of messing up the perfect finish, and ruining the value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35mmdelux Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Replaced the 35mm Cron V4, 50mm pre asph Lux, and the 50mm Summicron and they are not for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald_brewster Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 R Bellows and Luminar adapter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael s. Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Sorry you sold ? Well, you don't have to cry about it. If you want to, you can <a href=http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00JEDT>sing about it</a>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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