Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The "Red Dial" and "Black Dial" IIIf refers to the shutter speed sequence, not the actual color of numbers of the the dial. Yours is a BD with the shutter speed break at 1/30. On Mon, 13 Oct 97, firkin@netconnect.com.au (Alastair Firkin) wrote: >G'day, > >Well I've finally taken the bait and bought a user LTM 111F. Now I can try >some of those old lenes that have been hailed on the list for over a year. >I fell in love immediately with the feel of the camera. I have small hands, >and this baby makes the M3 look and feel quite "huge" to me. I am having >some trouble indentifying its roots.The camera itself has had a new shutter >installed, and this may account for my confusion. By serial number it >should come from the first batch, 531816, and its shutter speeds are >30,40,60,100,200,500,1000, with a 'red' 30 and the slow dial T, 1, 2, 4, 30 >[red], 20, 15,10. If a new shutter was installed, did the red dial get put >on. If the new shutter was installed did the camera still have the same >shutter speeds as the BD? I have seen pictures of RD with the red as 25 and >30 and the number series different and the same as mine, but the books seem >to denigh this as a possibility. > >Thanks for the help, I'll be asking for some screw mount tips as I roll >some film through it. > >OBTW lens is summitar 50 cm 734504 with a slight haze but few scuffs. > >Cheers > >Alastair Firkin, > >http://users.netconnect.com.au/~firkin/AGFhmpg.html > >