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After having shot on a Minolta I'm looking to buy a Leica IIIa-c. I know there is plenty of good cheapish post war models available. However it would need to be a model that a ww2 war reporter could have had. Unfortunately buying a war time model IIIc doubles the price for no reason but Nazis be cool (I shouldn't be throwing the first stone here). However pre war IIIa or IIIb (hard to get) would still be options and about the price as a post war IIIc. Does anyone have experience with the IIIa vs IIIc? I read a bit already but I'm still unsure how much I'll be downgrading my shooting experience and build quality by going for the older models.