Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/10
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Jeff Moore wrote:
>
> Mike J sold it to me (with its trusty companion collapsible coated
> f/3.5 Elmar) just a few days ago. He wasn't fibbing when he suggested
> it was in unusually good shape -- it's Just Lovely.
[snip]
Pain in the butt though it may be, I think Mike's going to be sorry
about letting that one go. ;-) Sometimes I think that there are so many
non-functional IIIc and IIIf cameras out there because folks simply like
admiring them! The IIIf with self-timer in particular has a pleasingly
"busy" appearance to it, what with all of the various dials and levers.
I recently purchased a nice IIIf RD with unanchored shutter curtains for
a very good price. John Van Stelton tells me that original shutter
curtains are really "too crispy" to simply cement back into place, and
that I'm looking at a $350 bill! Though costly, I'm having the work done
because I want to be able to admire my IIIf ("Heliar Camera") with film
running through it!
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Jeff Segawa
Somewhere in Boulder, Colorado