This is a Leica 0 replica made in 2000 . Leica made about 25 of these prototypes back in 1923 which were given to camera retailers and others to verify whether Leica should put a 35mm camera into production. One of the real 1923 prototypes sold in 2015 for $2.8 million. The shutter curtains of the Model 0 do not overlap which means that the shutter is not self-capping. You have to remember to cap the lens after each shot before you wind the film, otherwise the gap in the shu

After 115 years, the Chicago Cubs have finally won the World Series of baseball. In honor of my home town team, I wanted to honor them by recovering a Leica camera in a Cubs theme. Since I didn't want to perform sacrilege on a real Leica, I used a Russian Leica II copy as a starting point. There are many of these counterfeit Leicas on the market. Rick Oleson has a great article on how to spot a fake Leica II at http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-213.html The Soviet Union st