Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/13

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Subject: Re: IIIG
From: Stephen <cameras@jetlink.net>
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 15:03:43 -0700
 
tmwyse@centuryinter.net wrote:
> 
> Can someone tell me what it is about the IIIG that
> makes the price so much higher than other III series
> cameras ?

1) the last in a long line of Leica screw mount cameras
2) the most advanced screw mount features, having builtin 50 and 90
framelines
3) limited production of 39,678, as compared to 185,100 IIIFs in several
variations
4) high regard and demand by both users and collectors

Stephen Gandy