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    Canon 50mm f/.95... whats the mount?

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    The Canon 50/0.95, as already mentioned, comes with a special mount for the Canon 7. But a handful of Leica repair people have converted the lens to fit both the Leica screw-mount and Leica-M series. One who has done it is Don Goldberg [DAG] dagcamera@chorus.net Here's a picture previously posted by someone here of the lens adapted for the Leica-M...

    What is a lens head?

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    So,David asks, I could take the mount off of my unusable 1969 50mm summicron and simply put in on the head of any other 50mm summicron from the same period?

     

    No, David, if I understand your question...The lens head you mentioned is made to be unscrewed from certain lenses and used with the Visoflex...Your Summicron is definitely not made to be taken apart, with part of it used in some other way...You have to use the Summicron as intended -- on your Leica M...It's one of Leica's best lenses and it would be a shame to do anything except use it as it is...

    What is a lens head?

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    Some Leica lenses, David, can be taken apart, like some of the early Leica 90mm and 135mm Elmar lenses...The bottom part has no lenses; just the tube...The top part of the lens is the lens head...

     

    They were made that way in earlier days before Leica introduced its own slr's so that Leica could compete with Nikon's slr's. You had to buy a so-called Visoflex and one of several adapters that you had to have with each Leica lens head...

     

    You attached your Visoflex to your Leica; either the sm Viso to your sm Leica or your bayonet-mount Viso to your bm Leica...Then, depending on which lens head you wanted to use, you attached your adapter and then your lens head...

     

    Then you had a Leica single-lens-reflex...It was big, heavy, clumsy but some people still love it...I used one until just a few years ago...

     

    The lens head is of no use to you on your M camera [or any other Leica] with all the other stuff to make it work...

     

    If you have further questions, just ask...

    Help to Identify Leica Wood Stock

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    Jack, David just gave you your answer...The gun stock -- which was not made by Leica -- is the Sabre Gun...

     

    Hove Foto Books' "Leica Accessory Guide" says that Leitz Wetzlar produced a rifle stock for its 20cm Telyt lens for use at the 1936 Olympics with a reflex housing [the Visoflex].

     

    Hove adds that a "similar device, the Sabre Stock" was made and sold by the Sabre Photographic Supply Company, Illinois, in the late 1950's "but never marketed by Leitz." According to Hove, the Sabre used the Visoflex I, the PEGOO magnifier, double cable release and 200mm or 400mm Telyt lens...

     

    Yours shows a Leica screw mount camera, a Leica Visoflex,a Leica PEGO0 magnifier [on top of the Visoflex],what looks like the double cable release used on the early Visoflexes, the 400mm Fern Kilar [made by Kilfitt of Germany, and a lens equal in quality to the Leica]...the red Leica box may have held the Visoflex...

     

    If as already mentioned the Leica Rifle sold through Tamarkin,for $55,000, you definitely have a fine piece...You might want to discuss it with Stan Tamarkin, who just recently closed his Manhattan store and is working out of his Connecticut home...He has excellent contacts for this sort of rarity...

    well, i have this old camera see...

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    Cody Mae, your Leica No. 643904 -- as already identified -- is a IIIf from 1952-1953...You can check what it's worth by looking at the completed listings on Ebay...

     

    Depending on the condition of the camera, whether it has any dents, dings, fungus, damage, light leaks, bad shutter, etc., the body [without the lens, without the case, without any accessories] might be worth anywhere between, say, $200 and $350-$400...

     

    The lens, depending which one or ones you have, with the same condition issues, might be worth anywhere between $100 and $250-$350... The case, depending on condition, might be worth $5 to $20 or more...Accessories depending on what they are...caps, filters, hoods, etc...Each one is valuable...Leica literature, instruction books, manuals, are all valuable...If it says Leica or Leitz it's valuable...

     

    We're in a recession but Leica enthusiasts are always stretching their budgets to by this stuff...Don't fret because a few of them do what they do...Most of the Leica users/collectors, etc., are kind, helpful people and welcome a chance to help...

     

    also, keep in mind that your Leica is over 50 years old and should go to a repair person for a thorough cleaning, lubrication and adjustment and can cost between $150 and $300, depending on what's done to just the body...The lens would be extra...That also has an effect on the selling price...

     

    I hope some of this helps...[were were all newbies at one time or another]...

    What do I have and/or how much is it worth?

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    Rich, based on "Identifying Leica Cameras, by Ghester Sartorius, your Leica No. 696,557 is a Leica IIIf with a self timer...Internet data suggest that it's worth about $475 usd, but might need a CLA...My CLA for the IIIf st red dial cost me $300 from DAG in Wisconsin...You can also look at Ebay completed deals for another idea, now that you know your model...

     

    The serial number you gave for the other Leica appears to have one digit too many -- maybe the final zero... If so, it's a Leica IIIa [also called Model G], worth about $200 usd and would need a CLA...

     

    These numbers, of course, are just a ballpark idea...Whether you get what you want is a question of condition, what lenses you might have and your ability to offer them where they might bring the best price...

     

    I hope this helps...bob

    Leitz E39 old NY Polarizing Filter

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    Antonio, it's no big deal to change the glass -- if the filter has a retaining ring that can be unscrewed...I've done it several times...All you do is unscrew the ring and take out the polarizing filter...and save the filter so you can get a new glass...

     

    You can then do one of two things:

     

    If you have or can get a polarizing filter made by Hoya, B&W or even one of the lesser makes, you take it to any good optometrist and he can cut it down to the size of your original...

     

    You can take your old one to an optometrist and ask him to cut one to the size of the old one...

     

    You can then put it in your Leica filter holder, screw in the retaining ring and you've got a new 30mm Leica filter holder...

     

    Cost: about $15 + the effort...

     

    Alternative: I'll buy it as is and do what I just described...

    Dan Black Leica out of business?

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    Dan Black is one of the nicest guys you will ever find in Leica dealings...I haven't spoken to him in a long time but he has always had lots of leica stuff, prices it fairly in my opinion and is scrupulously honest...I just hope he's just temporarily out of touch...

    The news a day or so ago that Stan Tamarkin was closing his New York store was bad enough; I believe from the various items I've read that in his case it was probably just crazy New York rents and that he would stay in business from his Connecticut home...

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