[Leica] Winter shore

[Daniel Ridings]

Thanks Jim and Douglas,

For the last year I had been using the III's extensively because of the
cataract in my right eye. My left eye had already been "serviced", but
Leicas are clumsy with left eye focusing.

My IIIc is nr 418563, after the war, from what I gather. I bought it years
ago, probably 20, from Ken Frazier (I think) on the LUG. I noticed it was
overexposing a bit in the late fall (compared to other cameras that had
been serviced) so I sent in it and my IIIf (also from a list member years
ago) to adjust the shutter along with a regular CLA of the IIIf. Now
everything matches up for a while, probably for the rest of my life ;-)

I remember that Marc Small always praised the IIIc, even over the IIIf. I
wouldn't go that far, but the more I use it, the better I understand him.
It is cheap, no collectors want it, it has a die cast body (no paper shims
to get misplaced over the years) and it is relatively light. I still carry
it around in a winter coat with an Elmar or Industar on it, just as a bang
around camera.

The last 10 years I've been heavily focused on long distance cycling,
randonneuring. We carry as little as possible with us. I've pulled it out
many an evening before an event, only to see it being the last thing on the
table, that doesn't make it into my pockets or bags. Truth be said, neither
does the plastic Yashica T4. The Olympus Stylus Epic does on occasion
(water-proof/sweat-proof). But with the pandemic and all, I'll probably be
carrying more things with me anyway, to avoid going into my favorite
gourmet restaurant (Circle K) for refreshments, and it just might qualify.

Now I don't want to just babble, so here are three shots from last autumn

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dlridings/LUG/2020-07-14-0001.jpg.html
(IIIc or f with the Industar)
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dlridings/LUG/2020-12-06-V49-0016.jpg.html
(with the radio-active Summicron)
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dlridings/LUG/2020-12-06-V49-0013.jpg.html
(ditto)

I usually take pictures of people, but there are not many people in my life
these days, for obvious reasons.

Daniel


On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 1:48 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> Nice ones Daniel. I prefer the Otis tribute, I think.
> Inspired, I dug out my lllc no 3887xx which is either 79 or 80 years
> old, but which I haven't used for a number of years. Embarrassingly, I
> had to look up the manual to check a minor point. How quickly we forget.
> Now where are those orphan rolls of film?
>
> Douglas
>
> On 07/03/2021 06:35, Daniel Ridings via LUG wrote:
> > Here are a couple of shots from my IIIf and 90 Elmar from a couple of
> weeks
> > back, when it was colder, about the same time Texas and large parts of
> the
> > northern hemisphere were going through a rough spot. I was using the IIIf
> > and siblings because they had diopter adjustment. That was before my
> > surgery.
> >
> > Those little boxes with a piece of cloth running horizontally can still
> do
> > what they were intended to do, let in the right amount of light at the
> > right time.
> >
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dlridings/LUG/2021-02-15-0001.jpg.html
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dlridings/LUG/2021-02-15-0005.jpg.html
> >
> > They're from one of my Corona walks. Without realizing it I have been
> doing
> > a PAW for about the last year, based on walks that I force myself to get
> > out on. I am one of those who have remained pretty isolated otherwise.
> >
> > Actually, I noticed that Flickr was probably pestering people when they
> > followed links there, so I thought I'd set up a "LUG" album on the
> gallery
> > to avoid that.
> >
> > Daniel
> >
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