[Leica] Leica 111c instructions

[gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO)]

Hi Hoppy,

Welcome to the LTM Club!

The LTM cameras are wonderful image makers, built to a quality degree never 
again to be equaled. There are several of us here that use these screw mount 
cameras frequently. I did a poll a year or so back of List LTM users and the 
numbers were surprising. You do need to trim the film, Leica made metal 
templates for this and they do come up for sale every so often.

I do have instruction books for IIIF and IIIG cameras somewhere at home. If 
the on-line source doesn't work for you pop me a off-list mail with your 
address and I will copy the IIIF IB and pop it in the post to you.

BTW, best to practise loading a roll of film a few times until you are 
comfortable before going out on a day's photo expedition.

Greg J. Lorenzo
Calgary, Alberta

----- Original Message -----
From: G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>
Date: Friday, January 19, 2007 6:37 am
Subject: [Leica] Leica 111c instructions

> Dear LUG folk, this evening in an idle browse past a local camera 
> shop I found a Leica 111 body for sale amongst the plethora of
> Nikon F100s etc being given away for a fraction of their former 
> value.. Their expertise might be gauged by the tag which was marked
> Leica M body. Anyway I thought that it was reasonably priced and I 
> felt it was my duty to take it home. It appears to be a 111c from
> 1949 and is pretty clean externally even the shutter appears to 
> operate somewhere close to all of the marked speeds. Just guessing I
> know but no obvious slowing down on the slow speeds, nor any 
> visible shutter curtain damage. The body is dent free. I mean the
> chrome is intact and the sharkskin? Vulkanit completely intact. 
> Baseplate scratches and burnishing on the forward edge of the top
> plate. The finder and rangefinder will hopefully benefit from a 
> clean. RF seems functional with decent contrast even in low light
> tonight. Not greatly clear certainly. So anyway, a user, I hope 
> and a lovely piece of history for me as an M user. Certainly I will
> need to invest in a CLA. The aim is simply to be a user and I'd 
> plan to acquire a reasonable lens after getting the body serviced.
> 
> 
> 
> Can anyone point me towards an instruction manual?  On-line would 
> be great.
> 
> 
> 
> I don't have any experience at all with the LTM models. I think 
> that I have figured out the shutter speed selections. Also what
> seems to be a diopter adjustment on the rangefinder. It lets me 
> resolve even very fine text at a metre or two. I have no idea what
> is normal clarity for the RF or finder. Do I need to be trimming 
> the film leader? Any other advice would be welcomed. Lens wise, I
> had in mind getting a period correct Leica 50 (a coated Elmar 50?) 
> or otherwise a 35 or 28 that I might use with an external finder.
> Again any suggestions would be most welcome. It's purely for 
> pleasure and to preserve a wonderful old camera.
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Hoppy
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>