Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/11
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IMARECT finders are big, clunky and cheap. Bright line finders are small
elegant and very bright but expensive.
If you want an IMARECT, find one that is very cheap because it is cloudy.
($25-30 US) Buy it, dissassemble it and try to clean it. Three out of four
that I've looked at are cloudy because they are dirty between prisms or the
inside of the front or rear glass. The other of the four has decementing
problems in the prism and is not fixable for any reasonable price.
Congratulation on the IIIa. A IIIa was my first screw mount Leica and I
still use it often. (Want to buy a 28mm Canon lens w/finder for it?)
kw
>I just shook hands over the phone on a IIIA, 50 Summar and 90 Elmar. The
>camera and 50 are 1937 prod., the 90 is 1949. This is my first screw mount
>and I'm excited. I should get it next week by mail. Anybody know anything
>about a "universal finder" for this camera? What is it?
>
>It's snowing like crazy here. I cannot see my car. Chris F.: are you here or
>CA? If you're in CA, stay there, it's much nicer I am certain.
>
>Regards,
>
>Ben W. Holmes
>
>Boulder, CO
>USA
>
>bholmes@frii.com
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