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Subject: [Leica] Re:Leica IIIg
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)
Date: Thu Jun 1 17:54:05 2006
References: <007d01c685da$049fbce0$71340b44@newukolbqveo9i>

If you have been using M's for awhile, even the large VF on a IIIg will be
squinty. I have a Ig converted to a IIIg minus the selftimer.

If the IIIf is the LTM Ford, the IIIg a bling bling Cadillac.

Chris



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffery Smith"
Subject: [Leica] Leica IIIg


> Opinions on this body? I'm getting my IIIf CLA'd and "remediated" by Ken
> Ruth as I speak. But I've always found its viewfinder to be unbearably
> squinty. Now, it might have been dirty, and I may love the camera after
Ken
> has worked on it. But if not, I'll probably sell it and look for a IIIg.
> That is, depending on what y'all have to say about it.
>
> How is the viewfinder of the IIIg compared to that of the IIIf? If it's
not
> REALLY better, I might just suffer through the IIIf.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com



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