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Subject: [Leica] IIIg diopter adjustment
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:25:33 -0500 (CDT)
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The IIIf has the same knob for adjusting the rangefinder diopter.    
It makes a lot of difference.   The wondrous thing about the IIIg  
viewfinder is that it adjusts for parralax as you focus just like the  
M finders do!


On Jul 6, 2009, at 1:17 PM, James Laird wrote:

> Makes you wonder why they left it off the M series.
>
> Jim
>
> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Douglas  
> Sharp<douglas.sharp at gmx.de> wrote:
>> Hi Jim,
>>
>> there's a little lever under the rewind knob to adjust the diopter  
>> setting,
>> on my IIIg it's a little loose and easily knocked of setting.
>> I think the range must be about -2 to +2
>>
>> Cheers
>> Douglas
>>
>> James Laird wrote:
>>>
>>> I read somewhere the IIIg viewfinder has built-in diopter  
>>> adjustment.
>>> Is this true?
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
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In reply to: Message from digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird) ([Leica] IIIg diopter adjustment)
Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] IIIg diopter adjustment)
Message from digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird) ([Leica] IIIg diopter adjustment)