Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/14

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Subject: [Leica] A Leica IIIf Midland camera sold over the summer on ebay. Did anyone keep a record
From: bryanwi at bryanwi.com (Bryan Willman)
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:08:29 +0000
References: <BLU0-SMTP89B7E94216F92BF90623638CE10@phx.gbl> <4ED5902D-F13B-41EB-A165-258E13BF5F4F@frozenlight.eu> <BLU0-SMTP228E468EBD94E212584EED8CE10@phx.gbl>

how would i tell if my IIIf is a midland?  (I have a IIIF somewhere....)


-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bryanwi=bryanwi.com at leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+bryanwi=bryanwi.com at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
Vick Ko
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 10:18 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] A Leica IIIf Midland camera sold over the summer on 
ebay. Did anyone keep a record

The Midland IIIf render with a Canadian warmth to the negatives.

:-)

This is only a collector thing; I want to mate it up with a Midland 
Summarit 5cm f1.5.

And as  Canadian, I have a special affinity to Midland engraved cameras.

Vick


On 10/14/2011 12:16 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> I had a IIIf once, a very nice camera. No idea where it was made, what is 
> special about Midland? Does it take better or worse pictures than the ones 
> from Wetzlar?
>
> BTW, the closest digital equivalent IMO is the Fuji X100.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
>


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