clumsy retouching attempt
Time for a rant.
This is a Leica Standard, also known as Model E or ALVOO, whatever you prefer. It was made in 1936. Now it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that in 81 years of lifetime a camera will pick up a bit of patina. Paint will get worn thin, brass will start shining through. It shouldn't bother anyone, or if it does, that person should just buy some plastic shmastic fantastic digicam and leave a true classic alone.
But no. Some bloke who owned this baby before I rescued her did have to try fixing the paint job on the viewfinder, didn't he.
Cor.
This.
Is.
Painful.
Camera: Leica Standard (Model E, Leica code ALVOO), made in 1936
Lens: Leitz Hektor f=2.8cm, 1:6,3 (HOOPY), made in 1939
Shot with a Canon EOS600D
Leica R lens extension tube 14256
Leica Macro-Elmarit-R 60
clumsy retouching attempt
Time for a rant.
This is a Leica Standard, also known as Model E or ALVOO, whatever you prefer. It was made in 1936. Now it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that in 81 years of lifetime a camera will pick up a bit of patina. Paint will get worn thin, brass will start shining through. It shouldn't bother anyone, or if it does, that person should just buy some plastic shmastic fantastic digicam and leave a true classic alone.
But no. Some bloke who owned this baby before I rescued her did have to try fixing the paint job on the viewfinder, didn't he.
Cor.
This.
Is.
Painful.
Camera: Leica Standard (Model E, Leica code ALVOO), made in 1936
Lens: Leitz Hektor f=2.8cm, 1:6,3 (HOOPY), made in 1939
Shot with a Canon EOS600D
Leica R lens extension tube 14256
Leica Macro-Elmarit-R 60