Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1994/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]After all these years of using most every type of popular 35mm camera, I decided it was finally time to use a Leica and see what all the fuss is about. I found an inexpensive 9cm Elmer about six months ago, and have just now bought a reasonably priced IIIc at a local camera show to put it on. Now I am looking for an instruction manual! Are copies of the original instructions available? At non-collector prices? I saw an early edition of the "Leica Manual" for about $15, but it didn't really seem to have detailed camera instructions, although it was of the screw-mount era. I know I can probably get by once I get the film loaded (without being able to take the back off!), but I would really like to have a better a better understanding of all the controls and to savor my first use of the camera, rather than just going off half-cocked, as it were. Finally a Leica owner!--but not yet a Leica user :-(. Allen