Cameras! :D I just bought a badass one!
 

Muahhahah!

http://www.ruscamera.com/new/leicacr/1.jpg
http://www.ruscamera.com/new/leicacr/2.jpg

MINE! ALL MINE! :D I CAN"T WAIT!

AHAHahHAHahHAhaH!

Ca$h,

That's a beautiful old Leica range finder camera. Is that an M-4? And why did you get a range finder and not a Leica SLR.

<whistle>

That is purty...

..but I have the same question as Larry of the three I's:

Why the range finder and not an SLR?

hehe. I'll give you all the details once more people have seen it. :)

BTW: SLRs are okay, but I like the size of this camera, and the look of it.

- Ca$h

Umm...where's the USB port on that thing? ;)

KuoH

Leica
 

<Why the range finder and not an SLR?>

Price perhaps? Collectability? I wonder what the year of manufacture is. A buddy of mine in the Navy had a rangefinder Leica, much newer than this one. It seemed to be assembled like a Swiss watch.
I was forced to settle for a lowly Nikon F.:rolleyes:

Don

Nice buy, Rob. I still have an Olympus Wide-E, sold with the Sears "Tower" brand name in the late '50s. I paid $19.95 for it new, which was a week's salary for a part timer at Sears back then. The wide angle 3.5 lens made any kind of precision focusing unnecessary, hence no range finder. However, it had a nice built-in light meter on top & had the Swiss watch precision feel to it. I took hundreds of slides with it, & passed it on to my daughter who learned photography 101 from this old friend. It's still functioning 100%. I have to go cry now.

Ron.

<with the Sears "Tower" brand name>

Heavens to betsy! I had completely forgotten about the Tower name! That was in the days of Silvertone and David Bradley!
:) Don

K guys, here's the shocker, that ISNT a "Leica".

Any curious folks care to dig up information? If not I can just tell you. :D

But that was a hint.

- Ca$h

Hmmmm...Elmar 3.5 lens. My bet's on CCCP.

Ronovitch.

And.... J.C. Higgins, Elgin, & "still hangin' in there", Craftsman.
I also have a Tower slide projector & a '49 Silvertone console TV.
Ron. (Still nostalgically weeping).

Its a russian copy, probably converted from a Zorki. Beautiful camera regardless, and pretty interesting history. Made by some unknown group of people in small batches by hand. Hehe.

I can't wait! It's being shipped from Moscow tomorrow!

- Ca$h

This thread does not pertain to hte SVX. All of you should be ashamed. Please lock this thread.:rolleyes: Lord knows we cannot have ANYTHING off topic here, the sky will fall!

- Ca$h