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Subject: [OM] Leica screwmount ID help
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:33:41 -0500
Last night my son casually mentioned that the father of his friend of 
many years died recently and, knowing of my interest in cameras, had 
gifted me his father's camera.  I asked him what it was and he said, "I 
don't know, it has some lenses with it and it's in a box in your room 
upstairs".

Well, I was nearly bowled over when I looked in the box.  One Leica IIIf 
(I believe) with 5cm f/1.5, 9cm f/4 and 13.5cm f/4.  Also an adjustable 
viewfinder covering 3.5 to 13.5 cm, a square lens hood, a GE lightmeter 
(selenium I suppose, no battery), an Afga electronic flash (whose 
batteries expired in 1993 but had not leaked) plus leather cases for 
camera and meter and plastic cases for the lenses.  Also a 1952 book on 
Leica IIIf and M bodies... and one partly exposed roll of film in the 
camera.

Wow!  All of it's well used but not ugly.  I have no idea what it's all 
worth but I assume it's not peanuts.  I think I've pretty well ID'd the 
body as a IIIf but in looking around at IIIf ads I see reference to "red 
dial" bodies.  Dunno what that means but doubt that this is one since I 
don't see any red paint on any dials.  Can anyone tell me what that means.

I'm really torn as to what to do.  My son says he doesn't think his 
friend is likely to take it back... he and his wife have been anxious to 
just move as much stuff as possible out of his father's house.  But I'm 
not sure he has any inkling of what this stuff might be worth.  I'm sure 
he saw it as nothing but an old camera and I feel guilty accepting it.

I'll get the film developed.  I suspect it's been in the camera for 20 
years but maybe something will come out of it that I can give back the son.

Chuck Norcutt
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