Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1992/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm contemplating getting another Leica-screw body, and I'm not sure whether a Leica IIIf or a Canon V-T/VI-T fits the bill better. I've seen both on sale recently at what seems to me reasonable prices. So a few questions for the cognoscenti on these things: - can you use electronic flash with any IIIf? Or just with the red-dial models? Is there any more to it than finding the appropriate socket adapter? What speed do they sync at? - how repairable are the Canons? What do you look for (to avoid) when buying one? (I recently saw one which had had something, probably the rear element of a wide-angle lens, pushed against the ridged light baffle at the top, forcing it up by a millimetre or two and scraping the paint off - not having a clue what mechanisms might be above that, I held off buying, though it seemed OK otherwise). - what do you get with a VI-T that you don't with a V-T? - what speed do the Canons sync at? - how much can you use the fast-wind lever on them before something breaks? - which would be likely to have the more accurate shutter timings, the Canons or the Leica? -- Jack Campin room G092, Computing Science Department, Glasgow University, 17 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, Scotland TEL: 041 339 8855 x6854 (work) INTERNET: jack@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk or via nsfnet-relay.ac.uk FAX: 041 330 4913 BANG!net: via mcsun and uknet BITNET: via UKACRL UUCP: jack@glasgow.uucp