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" A great deal of Leica M3 bodies used to cover t h
Next up we saw this old Zeiss
sitting on the shelf, Tom what can
you tell us about it? manufactured, Zeiss Tessar 80mm
2.8 LENS IN A Compur rapid shut-
ter.
This is the Zeiss super Ikonta
533/16 - this one being the early
model made in 1937-52 Manufac-
tured in the Zeiss factory in Ger-
many . Considering the age of this cam-
era it would still produce outstand-
ing image quality and highly valued
by camera collectors. One of the
best built and compact medium
made.
Uncoupled exposure meter, 12 ex-
posures 6cmx6cm on 120 roll film,
This is a most awesome compact
medium format camera with the
sharpest lens on the planet, Then I saw that classic red dot
calling me.. the Leica M6, ok Tom
talk to us about the Leica cameras
here...
Over engineered being German The Leica M6 is now a classic
35mm rangefinder camera that
comes from a long line of M series
bodies which started from 1954
onwards and now M8 M9 Didital
bodies.
Made in the Ernst Leitz wetzlar
factory in the early days.
M6 accepts all m mount Leica bay-
onet lenses and leica screw mount
with adaptor, These are the best
optic available for 35mm cameras.
This one is a chrome body and
at $1750.00 great value. These
seems to go up in value each year
and are really popu;ar with press/
photo journalist and street pho-
tographers ,One word sums it all
up. Amazing optical performanc e
of their lenses,
Compact beautifully manufactured
equipment and cost a fortune
when new.
A new M9 or 240 body now
$9500.00 aud. Pus A standard
Summilux or summicrom lens an-
other $2500/3500 Australian.
A great deal of Leica M3 bodies
used to cover the Vietnam war and
other uprising around the world.
Some of the top press photogra-
phers are still pounding their old
leica gear and still winning top
press photo awards.
French master and pioneer of
street photography Henri Carti-
er-Bresson used a Leica M3 for
most of his photography, One of
many famous artist who chose the
Leica system.
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