Anyone in London have a Leica IIIG?

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Id love to talk to people that own them (over coffee and cake - my treat!) and if possible even look at them and look through the VF etc
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I want to buy one but want a bit of practical experience with them first
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Anyone fancy a hang out?
 
I remember when I was in Germany in the British Army ( RAMC) I was sent to BMH Isrerlohn from BMH Berlin and in Iserlohn there was a Camera shop -- in the window were NEW Rolleiflex 2.8F and LEICA IIIg -- it was £82 in British Money !! In the Canadian Maple leaf Store you could buy NEW LEICA IIIf + 50mm f3.5 Elmar for £ 45 ------
 
A really clean iiig is now 10X that on "the bay"... :/
The F isnt too badly priced now days
 
jodad said:
A really clean iiig is now 10X that on "the bay"... :/
The F isnt too badly priced now days
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a bargain o_O...... £45 in say 1956 is equivalent of £1065 today
 
Actually Brian its about £765 according to the historic money converter.
 
You haven't aged at all Pete. :)
 
pentaxpete said:
You were RIGHT -- it WAS 1956 -57 when I was there and c ame out in 1958 at £6 -15 shillings a week as a Full Corporal !
Cpl Elgar RAMC 1958 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
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I just missed national service as it was deferred until I finished my apprenticeship at 21...just before that time it was abolished so I missed the mob by a few months (y)
 
Ha ha ! So you didn't 'Get You're 'Air Cut you 'Orrible Little Man' then !!
 
pentaxpete said:
Ha ha ! So you didn't 'Get You're 'Air Cut you 'Orrible Little Man' then !!
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Well IMO National service was outrageous... to take two years off a young man's life to save the government paying out for professional armed forces, as some NS guys were in Malaya helping to fight terrorists. If you want a back up force to fight an enemy that might invade your homeland then IMO 6 months is good enough for weapons training and being taught how to receive orders or whatever
rant over and back to photography ;)
 
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