Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The IIIf is indeed a sensous experience in use, exceeded only by the IIIg. Film loading is the same as in the M3 except that the leader can't be cuo off square as in the M3. The leader is needed. (There are ways to load it without trimming the leader but I find them cumbersum.) I almost always use my IIIf with Leica cassettes which are perfect for them. The Red Scale Elmar is a fabulous lens. It's better than the older black scale, which is also pretty darn good. It is THE 50mm lens. When collapsed it is VERY small and barely extends beyond the front to the camera. Chromes shot with this lens are astounding! The Summitar is much less expensive that the RS Elmar but larger and heavier. The RS Elmar costs about the same as a Summicron which if faster but not better. Ken Wilcox At 01:16 AM 5/9/99 +0200, you wrote: >As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I fondled a Leica IIIf in Wetzlar and I >am sold on the beauty of this sensuous piece of equipment. A couple of >questions: > >1) How is the film loading? I remember reading something about the need >to trim the film, using a special template. Is this still the case >today, or was it just back in the 1930s? I realise that loading these >cameras is not as easy as an M6, but is it significantly more difficult >than loading an M3? > >2) I want a 50mm lens, and preferably a collapsible one. How does the >3.5 Elmar compare with the more modern lenses like the Summicron or >Summilux? > >Nathan > >-- >Nathan Wajsman >Overijse, Belgium > >General photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator/index.html >Belgium photo page: http://member.xoom.com/wajsman/index.htm >Motorcycle page: >http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html > > > > - ------------------ Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits LAW LHSA MEA <wilcox@tir.com>