My Leica IIIG, a pure Nostalgia Machine

 My dad owned a Leica IIIG, I remember him shooting with it back when I was a toddler, then it went into a camera bag and sat for decades. Dad's IIIG went to my brother Alex a few weeks before dad died, I got the Leica M3 and Nikon F. I tried Alex's IIIG and made an utter mess with loading the camera and got one frame on a roll of film with 36 exposures. I stuck with my M3 and M4-2 much easier to load. 


Earlier this spring I picked up a Leica IIIF, and shot two rolls through it, I got a lot better at loading a Barnack Leica. Then I wanted a IIIG, even set up a search on EBay but my preference was to find something locally and already serviced. Well.......Facebook Marketplace delivered, a local seller here in Oakville was looking to sell his early production IIIG that was recently overhauled by Kanto Camera in Japan. Everything checked out with this test roll and oh wow! Leica nailed with the last of the Barnacks! 




Camera: Leica IIIG, Voigtlander 50 F2.5 Color Skopar Lens. 

Film: Fomapan 100, FX-39 1+9. 


Leica IIIg Foggy Lakeshore at Thomas Mist Covered Condos by the 16 16 Mile Creek April 2024 16 Mile Creek Docks April 2024 Former OAkville Milton Real Estate Board Offices Spring 2024 Former Mya Japanese Restaraunt Spring 2024 Porsche 718 Cayman Middle of Church St. April 2024 Former Halton Inn April 2024 White Stucco House at George and William April 2024 Garage off George St. April 2024 Worn Doorstep Cottage April 2024 1 Worn Doorstep Cottage April 2024 2 Dingle Park West End April 2024 Dingle Park Path April 2024 Dingle Park Path Eastern End Two April 2024 House at Renyolds and William April 2024 Old Oakville Clapboard Cottage Old Oakville Front Door Robinson and Reynolds Storey and a Half Croissant Express April 2024 Shoe Store Corner April 2024 King's Arms April 2024 Church St. Downtown Oakville April 2024 Lakeshore Road Middle of Downtown Oakville_ Porsche 718 Regular Flavour April 2024 Lakeshore and George After the Fog April 2024 Shanghai Alley Late Morning April 2024

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