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MY ONLY shipping address, for items or payments:
Luigi Crescenzi, via Courmayeur 35, 00135 Roma, Italy
Leica R cameras - December 2005 -  prices in EUR - €
in order to convert € (EUR) in your courrency, please click: http://www.xe.com/ucc/
 
In the Leica Reflex field... we have almost ALL, please ask !
  Rare LEICAFLEX MK2 BLACK (black paint) # 1168663, EX++/MINT- SOLD

R3 chrom Portugal 1446842, mint, € 460


Summicron-R 90/2 three cams, # 3030076, showing some wear on barrel,
caps, glasses perfect, a bargain purchase !  EX+  € 560
 

A small item that represents one of the "secrets" of many professional photographers...
A new very special product MADE and offered by Leicatime !
Please, look attentively... I am introducing the NEW two "soft shutter releases"
buttons for Leica and other cameras, 16 mm diameter for your finger's comfort.
For Bessas I am making them smaller ! I know, several are offered around.
But, those two models are made in SOLID STAINLESS STEEL !
TWO models: "Concave" and "Convex" - € 12 each, choose yours !
NOW, you'll find the Leicatime website address engraved on their bottom.
I suggest you to purchase it/them along with a case, avoiding to pay the shipping
cost for the soft release, alone ! I already placed one in EACH of my own cameras... :-)

The softrelease screws into the remote shutter release mechanism inside the shutter button and provides a few advantages.
 
First, it physically raises the height of the shutter button, allowing you to use the joint or pad of your finger to fire the shutter rather than the tip. This results in a smoother action, more like squeezing a trigger than prodding a button, which reduces camera shake a little and is (to many people at least) more comfortable. Generally, the cable release socket also has a smoother action than the shutter button, so the softrelease turns it into something of a hair-trigger, which again helps reduce camera shake. The effect seems to vary a little camera-to-camera, but I find them essential items on my M6 and Canon P.
 
Most users experience a combined benefit of about a stop more usability in hand-held shooting: so if you find that you can normally manage sharp hand-held shots at only 1/30 a softie should allow you to go down to 1/15 and achieve the same results. Personally I find that, with the softie in place, I can manage decent shots of 1/4 second quite easily, and even 1/2 if I'm lucky (I must have steady hands).
 
The only downside is, as S. says, you do tend to end up with a few shots of the inside of your camera bag, unless you get into the habit of stashing the camera without winding on first. That said, film's cheap. (feedback from a friendly user...)

 

Now, also... in Black Paint !
However, I can't guarantee the paint duration...
TWO models: "Concave" and "Convex" - € 12 each, choose yours !

Finally, I am offering the SS MiniConvex for your RF Bessa cameras ! A few (nice) prototipes are available, ready, Eur 12 each


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UPS gave me problems...
 
Fedex express shipping to EU and USA until 500 grams € 27, Asian countries € 15 more.
Fedex express shipping to EU and USA until 1000 grams € 40, Asian countries € 18 more.
A less expensive (but slower) registered air mail shipping available, € 10 to € 15
for light parcels, € 18 to € 25 for over 1000 to 2000 grams.
 
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NEW ! SOME of our items, will be shipped perfectly packed
into one of those special, robust Leicatime boxes ! :-)

***shipping options***
 
UPS gave me problems...
  
Fedex express shipping to EU and USA until 500 grams € 25, some Asian countries € 10 more.
Fedex express shipping to EU and USA until 1000 grams € 30, some Asian countries € 10 more.
A less expensive (but slower) registered air mail shipping available, € 13 to € 24
for light parcels, € 25 to € 35 for over 1000 to 2000 grams.
 
***packing & handling included***