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Originally put this together because I loved the idea of an early, pre-M Leica but hated the idea of the tiny rangefinder/viewfinder. I did try it with a collapsing Elmar but found it a bit too laborious. The Snapshot on the other hand turns it into a kind of steampunk Ricoh GR - ridiculosly quick and easy for such an ancient manual beast.
The IIIf is from 1952 and the Snapshot is from 1999. The Leica is in good nick, everything moves and works as it should - but it is 72 years old and looks it (which is great IMO). The Snapshot is in great condition too, nice and clear, just a little dust. The finder has some dust and a little separation, but it's so goddamn bright and sharp that I never noticed.
The lens is hard to come by these days, and the finder even harder, so its tricky to part with for that alone, but it's just not getting the use it deserves anymore.
Also chucking in a Voigtlander Bessa L that I occasionally used with the Snapshot. Its a light, modern body that has an internal light meter and a neat little indicator that's visible when your composing a shot. It has a dodgy loose winder that stopped me using it in the end unfortunately. I never tried to fix it but you might have better luck. Apart from that it's in good shape.
TLDR: Weird but brilliant combo you definitely want and need.
£600 takes the lot.
Collection from Hoxton. Happy to post too.
P.S. That's a dirty but really nice B+W filter on top of the lens. I definitely should have cleaned it. But that's included too.
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