Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:02 PM 9/12/05 -0400, David Cochran wrote: > >After a while I started to suspect that the shaft that goes into the >take up spool may not be working properly. I finally got the camera >loaded and have taken 2 pictures so far...cloudy day yesterday. The >trick that helped me was the one taking of the lens and keeping the >shutter open to help the film align behind the curtain. I guess that it >is a question of practice and usage. Using and loading a thread-mount Leica is certainly a matter of practice. Some glom on to it easily, while others have a somewhat steeper learning curve, but it can be done: if someone as clumsy and physically inept as I am can routinely load a IIIc or IIIf or IIIg, than ANYONE can do so. The IIIc is the great secret of Leica users at the nonce, as it lacks the collectible intrique which affects the IIIf and IIIg cameras but it can still, with accessories, afford all of their virtues; as the general camera-buying public fails to recognize this, the IIIc sells for a lot less.. Pick up an APDOO self-timer and you have that feature, and one can be found on eBay or from our List members for a song. And a Geiss Kontakt gizmo, again readily available, will afford you flash synchonization for all sorts of flash bulbs AND for electronic flash. With these two accessories, your IIIc effectively becomes a IIIf RD ST. I have even shot professionally with a IIIc a decade or so back, when my M3 suffered rewind-knob disease, the only ailment to which the M3 can suffer to my knowledge. I ended up shooting a wedding reception with a 2/85 Jupiter (a Soviet lens) and a Vivitar 283 and all turned out to accolades of delight from the marrying couple. The rig looked a bit weird but it all worked perfectly but, then, what more can we expect of Leica? Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505