#Leica camera serial number serial numbers#
#Leica camera serial number serial number#

Other than the appearance, there is no functional difference between a chrome plated or gray painted camera. Of the estimated 3100 IIIc and IIIcK models produced, around 500 of them were painted gray.

#Leica camera serial number serial number#

And, to all those who have commented one way or the other, I'll get the Elmar restored regardless of whether or not I buy a Summitar. The gray painted cameras started to appear after serial number 387500. Thanks everybody for the service and repair recommendations. I don't want to sell it, and in fact, I now have no thoughts of selling the camera. Displaying 1 to 10 (of 29 products) The Vintage & Classic Camera Co, Office 3, 8 The Precinct, Mengham Road, Hayling Island, PO11 9BS. There is a lever below the film rewind that seems to zoom the rangefinder, but I don't see a diopter adjustment.

Melvin, from the serial number, it would appear to be the IIIc built toward the end of the '43 to '46 range. Found several used ones listed at Amazon, but they're pricey. I'm on a hunt now for that book that Harry mentioned. I've ignored all my other plans for the day. This is a terrible development, as I doubt I can afford it! But, there appears to be no help for it. You can immediately know what year it was made in and also spot any issues if need. I feel myself being inexorably drawn into the world of Leica. Your Leica camera serial number is like the birth certificate of your camera. It answers many questions, but like all Leica lists, does not answer everything. However, even though it is incomplete, and even though other such lists have been shown, I feel it is still a very useful document which has shed. I obtained it years ago in form of a bad photocopy. SN End Product Year built Annotation 100: 130: Leica I: 1923: camera 131: 1000: Leica I: 1925: camera. Ive organized it in several ways, editing and color coding the tables to enhance clarity. I am the lucky owner of a list of Leica serial numbers, starting with the pre-production cameras in 1923 and up to 1965.

#Leica camera serial number serial numbers#

For detailed reading and a complete range of serial numbers you may find the Leica Compendium by Erwin Puts helpful. Also visit the Leica Lens Compendium and the Leica Camera Compendium. (1943 like I said is a very hard year to find) and since the IIIC K was the only issue at that time, difficut to obtain, there`s no easy way to get a 1943 camera, that year was the 'cram' year at Wetzlar, supplies were starting to get harder and harder to get, quality was still very high despite the war, just the production was much lower than the former years - easiest 'wartime' era camera to get is 1941, there`s more than enough 'Red Curtain' Leica IIIC`s out there now.Uh oh. LEICA SERIAL NUMBERS: Leica Serial Number data is courtesy of Leica. This is the list of Leitz and Leica lens serial numbers (not cameras) and which year that lens was approximately produced. There`s a really beautiful 1944 IIIC K Grey on evilbay now, I`m sure will go way over $3,000, be prepared to pay that sort of money for a 1943 issue IIIC K Grey camera. A lot of years have passed since any Leica M3 was manufactured, but one thing I read I few times that seemed to really make sense to me was that later Leica M3s were made by more. Thanks !!No, that`s why cameras went Grey in late 1942 because there was`nt any chrome left for production, the Grey paint used for them was obsolete deadstock Luftwaffe Aircraft cockpit paint. 1,000,000+ serial number Leica M3s have all of the improvements Leica made to the camera, but not only this, in very simple terms they are newer cameras. If I drop the idea of getting the specific month but only want to find a 1943 camera+ lens, does that make it easier?Īre there regular chrome IIIc that were produced this year?