Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/21

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Subject: [Leica] Leica 111c instructions
From: jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun Jan 21 14:02:52 2007
References: <544113.46347.qm@web25504.mail.ukl.yahoo.com><00d501c73ce4$28ae9a90$6101a8c0@jimnichols><B9BE9B3B-8A48-43BC-AD56-C0894CD9223B@charter.net> <auto-000117172233@fe-4.cluster1.bresnan.net>

Hi, Lee,

That is a nice, compact rig.  That is the cleanest looking Summaron that I 
have seen.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "lkhermann" <lkhermann@bresnan.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica 111c instructions


> Here is yet another little tart.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Lee/another+little+tart.JPG.html
>
> Lee
>
>
>
>>That IIIF of yours is quite a sassy little tart.
>>Here's my IIIa set up;
>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/sdimitrov/IIIa.jpg.html
>>
>>Slobodan Dimitrov
>>http://www.sdimitrovphoto.com/
>>
>>
>>
>>On Jan 20, 2007, at 2:41 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>
>>>I considered the Summaron to use on my IIIf, but was put off by the
>>>frequent reports of internal haze with these lenses.  I went with a
>>>Jupiter 12 instead, along with a CV finder, and find that to be a
>>>fine combination.
>>>
>>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/J-12withCVFinder.JPG.html
>>>
>>>Jim Nichols
>>>Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
>>>>Ditto. I love the Summaron/IIIf combo.
>>>>
>>>>Nick
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Hoppy,
>>>>
>>>>You're going to be the expert on LTM bodies. At least we'll know
>>>>whose library to access for those obscure details when needed.
>>>>Enjoy. Oh, I use the 35mm / 3.5 Summaron. Mine is sharp as a tack and
>>>>I think better then the 50/3.5 Elmar. It's a tiny lens that does not
>>>>collapse. A perfect companion to the IIIc. I believe they are
>>>>relatively easy to come by and reasonably priced, even in EX++
>>>>condition.
>>>>
>>>>Cheers,
>>>>Len
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Jan 20, 2007, at 7:11 AM, G Hopkinson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Thanks Alastair, just added it to my current Amazon order.
>>>>>Cheers
>>>>>Hoppy
>>>>>
>>>>>Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica 111c instructions
>>>>>
>>>>>Hoppy,
>>>>>one thing you could look at is a repair manual: I have one by Thomas
>>>>>Tomosy (from Amazon) called Leica Camera repair handbook.
>>>>>Understanding the workings is great fun.
>>>>>
>>>>>Cheers
>
>
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In reply to: Message from nickbroberts at yahoo.co.uk (Nick Roberts) ([Leica] Leica 111c instructions)
Message from jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] Leica 111c instructions)
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