[Leica] Re: Leica IIIf, Canon 35mm/2.8 Lens Acquired

[Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com>]

Rich:

You caught LTM fever in time to order a Leica 35 Summicron ASPH in thread
mount. Get one before it is too late!

To answer you questions. Yes -for flash synch. If it has red numbers, set
it to 20 for electronic flash. To set the film speed reminder, lift the
knob and turn it. One way for black and white and the other way for color.

Ken Wilcox

At 9:48 -0700 5/2/0, a fine scholar, Rich Lahrson wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>
>     I've just acquired yesterday a Leica IIIf.  Around the top shutter
>dial, there's a secondary setting with a small window and numbered
>0 through 20 with dots at the half.  What is this?  Something to do
>with the flash synch perhaps?
>
>     Also, on top of the film advance knob, there's two small windows,
>one currently reads Weston 24 and the other ASA 32.  How are these
>setting changed?
>
>    I like the screw mount Leicas.  They fit in a pants or coat pocket.
>Bulging, yes, but not as uncomfortable as an M model. I'm a lens cap
>type rather than a neckstrap type.  Today, I put a small piece
>of medical tape around half of the inside of the metal lens cap
>because it was too loose and I was afraid of banging up the glass
>if it came off in the pocket or backpack.
>
>    And the glass is a Canon 35/2.8.  There's no finder, but I've
>had some experience previously with IIIa's and a IIIb. Has anyone
>on the list had any experience with this lens who would care
>to comment?  It's definitely post-WWII, as it's single coated.
>Probable from around the Korean War era when all the PJs were
>raving about the Japanese glass.  It does stop down to f/22.
>
>    These non-Leica lenses sell for less than half the price of Leitz,
>as long as they are not in a big demand from collectors.  Like the
>Nikkor 25mm/4 I had years ago.  A nice tiny lens with a comfortable
>finder.  Just having all the case parts makes them worth about twice
>as much.  And the Canon 50mm/0.95 I had at the same time, though
>as discussed here previously, was most likely a custom job.  I mean
>it blocked half of the viewfinder, but could be focused accurately
>with the rangefinder.
>
>    And if all those PJs in Korea were claiming how great they were, at
>the time, they can't be all that horrible even today.
>
>    So, now that I've got a Leica, I won't have to continue to feel
>guilty about posting to this list!  Not that it bothered me...
>
>				Happy Photographing,
>
>							Rich Lahrson
>							tripspud@wenet.net


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