Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pablo, What you have there is a IIIf not a IIIc. The little dial around the shutter speed dial is the flazh synch dial. The IIIc does not have this dial. It sets various delays but for electronic flash just set it to 20 and the shutter to 1/50 and it will work correctly. They are indeed beautiful cameras. I have had mine since 1973 and will probably never get rid of it. It is great for all kinds of picture taking. It works great with the 15 Heliar and with many other LTM lenses. I wouldn't worry about the ding on top. It probably doesn't affect anything as long as the camera is working right. The tight locking is probably just a bent part and can be easily fixed. Give it a good test and if you still like it, go for it! Mike D On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Pablo Kolodny wrote: > Today I found, but didn't buy yet, a marvelous IIIc in a very nice cosmetics > condition. > After a little bit story they gave me Voigtlaender Heliar 15/4.5 to make > some tests since I was needing something wider than the 21 mm. A fellow > owner of a trade-in photo store in Buenos Aires promised me the 15/4.5 then > I went to pick the lens up this morning thinking that tests would take place > this afternoon. As soon as I got the store the person was not there but left > me the lens apart with a message saying that he didn't find the LTM to M > adapter so he was "attaching" a IIIc to the Heliar to let me test the lens. > Well, shit, what a nice camera is this!!! So smooth!! So handy!! Shutter > really sounds like a waltz!! > Of course loading the camera is not so pleasant but I don't think is so more > unpleasant than loading my M2... I'd not trying to start a new silly thread > on this (non) topic issue. > Right now, as the tests are done but film is not processed I'm in love with > the camera. I wish I can keep it with me and make her become my third or > fourth body. At least the Heliar looks fine on that pretty body. > > On the side of the body I can say that the shutter seems to be working fine > in all speeds. > What I wonder is what is that dial outwards the shutter wheel. There's a > dial with even numbers engraved there starting at 0 - 2 - .... - 20 and a > ring to be tuned (?) ...what does this scale mean ? what is this for ? > > The last one, is there any helper to advance the film, some lever or so... > some good stuff from Tom A. ? from others ? > > Aaah, by the way, her black vulcanite (is vulcanite or what?) dress is > entire and looks great. No holes. Just one ding on top plate at the left > side and the bottom plate locking system feels really hard to open and > close. Nothing to do with my others Leica bodies. I bet there's a problem > there that should be fixed. > > That's it... just wanted to share some sentiments and hear from some > knowledgeable in the thread mount land of Oscar. > > regards > > -- > Pablo Kolodny > www.pablokolodny.com > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html