A black Leica III (1932), a IIIa (1937) and a IIIF RD from 1954.
I used 50 mm lenses only:
Elmar 50/3,5 (1934, uncoated) and Red Scale Elmar 50/3,5 (1956, coated)
Summar 50/2,0 (1937, uncoated)
Summitar 50/2,0 (1951, coated)
Summicron 50/2,0 (1953, coated and collapsible)
but below, you will see some pictures from Paris in June 1999,
all made with Leica lenses from the 1930's.
This is a picture of my daughter Karolina, in Katthammarsvik, Gotland (Leica III and Elmar 50/3,5). I used Ilford XP2 film, and exposure was F/3,5 at 1/60th. .
Karolina, in July 1999.
Leica IIIF with collapsible Summicron 50/2,0 at F/2,8. Film Ilford Delta 400.
My wife at the Cartier-Bresson exhibition "Early Work 1932-34", June 1999.
Leica III with RS Elmar 50. Exposure F/4,0 and 1/20th, Fuji Superia 400 ASA
Square de la Trinité in Paris, June 1999. Leica III, Elmar 50. F/11 and 1/200th
Paris, June 1999. Below Sacre Coeur, Leica III, Elmar 50. F/16 and 1/500th
Moments later, I took this picture of the Sacre Coeur. Leica III and Elmar 50
This is the most beautiful screw Leica ever made, if you ask me! This
is in fact my own black Leica III, that started it's life as a Leica II,
but later on it was converted to a III model with strap lugs and the long
shutter times. Notice the knobs and Elmar lens, made in nickel instead
of the chrome finish used on chrome bodies. Is
it not fascinating, that this camera and other similar ones just goes
on delivering pictures, decade after decade...
This Leica III is in fact the body that produced most pictures on this
page!
