[Leica] Leica IIIf and Leica IIIg - the viewfinder

[jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman)]

Even after heaving it against a brick wall in disgust <g>?

Jim


-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Alastair
Firkin
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 8:53 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica IIIf and Leica IIIg - the viewfinder

> I owned a IIIg several years ago, and found it to be utterly annoying.
> Film
> loading was very finicky, much moreso than my IIIc.  The bigger-than-IIIc
> viewfinder didn't compensate for the trouble of shifting my eye from RF to
> VF window, and I missed more shots than I care to discuss.  The trade up
> to
> M cameras was a huge improvement.
>
> If I were a rangefinder 35 photographer in the mid to late 50s and
> couldn't
> afford an M3, I definitely would have chosen the Canon VT over the IIIg.

Your investment would not have been as good. If you had bought a IIIg, you
would not have used it much as it annoys you and then it would be pristine
and worth a lot now ;-)

Cheers