Stephen
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Post by Stephen on Dec 25, 2014 18:33:29 GMT -5
If you want a laugh over Christmas, see Ebay no 171604335862 a totally honest listing, but it is FED Zarya posing as a Leica, with a "Summicron" standard lens, an Industar in disguise!
I would restate the listing is genuine and honest, no deception, but then would you or anybody try to pass off a Zarya as a Leica!!
Stephen.
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retina
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Post by retina on Dec 25, 2014 21:44:41 GMT -5
Wow, That must be a very rare Leica indeed!
Regards, Chris
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Stephen
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Post by Stephen on Dec 26, 2014 13:15:28 GMT -5
I wonder what drove the first owner and original builder to go to the bother of re-engraving the names and changing the lens name ring. Then adding the cap that looks like it has been covered with car body filler, and then engraved, I suspect it was meant to be sprayed black, with white "engraving". No Leica even vaguely looks like a Fed Zarya.
I wonder if you could convert a Zarya to a rare Contax 1936 Olympic gift camera........
Stephen.
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