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For Sale SOLD! Leica iiif

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BradS

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Leica iiif in excellent condition.
No issues. Everything works perfectly.


$275 for the camera
add $325 for the lens (will not sell lens separately)
$15 for domestic shipping

 
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logan2z said:
That is a beauty! GLWS.
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Thanks Logan. It has been a fantastic introduction to Leica for me and I'm only reluctantly selling it to help pay for a Leica M2 that I bought recently.
 
Brad, let me urge you to keep this gorgeous IIIF and the 5cm Elmar lens:

1. As time goes on, the remaining stock of IIIFs will be more and more beat up and will diminish in total number.
2. It will be repairable in the future.
3. They don't make them like this any more. Definitely not!
4. It will be usable as long as 35mm perforated film is made and sold.
5. You will enjoy occasionally using this as a substitute for your M2.
6. These ltm Leicas are compact and great travel cameras, especially with the collapsible Elmar.
7. It is so technologically elegant.
8. People stop to admire it when you are using a ltm Leica. It can be an ice-breaker.
9. It is definitely not a spray and pray photon capture device: you need to think with this.
10. It is unlikely to depreciate, while the $600 definitely will.

Want some more reasons?
 
BradS said:
Thanks Logan. It has been a fantastic introduction to Leica for me and I'm only reluctantly selling it to help pay for a Leica M2 that I bought recently.
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You can't go wrong with an M2. But as Kodachromeguy said, there's at least 10 good reasons to keep the iiif, if you can swing it.
 

logan2z said:
You can't go wrong with an M2. But as Kodachromeguy said, there's at least 10 good reasons to keep the iiif, if you can swing it.
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Thanks Guys. All true of course. If there is no interest here, I will be very pleased to keep it. It is a pretty good travel companion. Just thought I'd offer it up to give someone else a chance...and $600 would go along way to filling my propane tank so I can heat the house this winter.

Here's one of the first photos I made with this camera and Elmar lens. I was totally blown away...couldn't believe that this 70 year old camera and simple lens could do this. Incidentally, I set my light meter down while eating lunch here...and apparently walked away without it. if somebody finds a Gossen digital LunaPro on the rocks above Bear Gulch reservoir...let me know!
 
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Now, I don't have the funds to drop on another 35mm camera. I just have to say, this is one of the nicer landscape photos I've seen in a while.
 
this is an amazing camer/lensa at a really good price. If I didn't already have 3 I'd be snapping it up.
 
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Thank you, Charley, for jumping on that grenade for me.

Truly a great deal and I was vibrating every time I looked at it.... but I’m out of work at the moment and can’t be buying more toys!

Enjoy your new camera!
 
both camera and lens are now SOLD!

Thanks to all who replied.
 
Pentode said:
Thank you, Charley, for jumping on that grenade for me.

Truly a great deal and I was vibrating every time I looked at it.... but I’m out of work at the moment and can’t be buying more toys!

Enjoy your new camera!
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Nope. I was late to the party.. Good luck to whomever.

Charley
 
Whomever here, been wanting one of these for years, and I'm not disappointed. The camera is in nice condition and feels great in my hand, should get along fine. Tomorrow l'm taking a drive up the coast to photograph with my new camera to try it out.

Roger
 
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