10964305 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCL Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 It looks like a Russian replica, not an original Leica....but then I'm not an expert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karim Ghantous Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Yes, SCL is right. It has the resemblance of a Standard, but the whole thing looks like it's a Russian replica. A real Standard would have three screws along the back edge of the top plate. And that's just to begin with. The brass elbow plate on the front is purely superficial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Williams Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 What specific features make you conclude this is a fake? Some early Leica I cameras only had a single screw in that position and shared other features with this one that would be unusual on a fake, including the 'hockey stick', the straight top edge of the lens mount and the focus adjustment plug on the back, e.g.: Leica A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 for ID see (among others a Google™ will reveal) FED vs Zorki Leica copies - Wikipedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Williams Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 for ID see (among others a Google™ will reveal) FED vs Zorki Leica copies - Wikipedia Yes, I know about the general features of fakes, but what specifically about this camera? Many fakes have their finish stripped down to the brass to give that 'Luxus' look, but real Leicas also occasionally turn up like this. I haven't seem a fake before with that style of lens mounting plate ('chopped off' at the top) or the plug on the back, both features of real early Leicas. Fakes are usually based on a FED-1 or Zorki-1 and have circular interchangeable mounts. Somebody has added what looks like a flash sync on the front, which is pretty common on genuine Leicas but an odd thing for a hypothetical faker who has bothered about details like the rear plug to leave undisguised. Better photos would help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Williams Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Fake Leica I cameras in general are rather uncommon, and those I've seen attempt to copy the later variant, which is closer to the FED/Zorki: tom-hoglund A Zorki Camera, Leica standard copy, chrome, serial no. 57096, with Industar-22 f/3.5 50mm lens, leicafake We had a previous thread about a camera that in the end looked authentic - this also links to a method of detecting fakes by looking at the film transport gearing: Fake or real Leica? How to tell a fake Leica from a real one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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