Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:56 AM 6/10/98 EDT, Bill Rosauer wrote: >The IIIck was a wartime IIIc with a ball bearing shutter. SNIP! >The postwar IIIc incorporated the new shutter, and functionally would be just as >good as a IIIck and a whole lot cheaper. The IIIcK had TWO ball-bearings, one at either end of the shutter crate. In use, it was found that only one such ball-bearing was necessary even under the most hostile conditions, so postwar IIIc's and later cameras only have the single ball-bearing, the other side reverting to a pin-bearing. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!