Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica O
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 15:34:21 -0400
References: <1120AB2026ABD211A82600A024B971370C43D0@einstein.morton.org.uk> <3BD82EE2.FA2F86FC@earthlink.net> <3BD861FE.29D30CDE@d2.com>

Probably no room....As a former LUGer pointed out to me, in order to
combine the viewfinder and rangefinder, Leica had to load the IIIG up on
steroids and morph it into....The M3...So I doubt they could get a meter
in there....Still a nice camera...

Feliciano di Giorgio wrote:
> 
> "B. D. Colen" wrote:
> >
> > Well, IF I had the spare cash, I'd buy a new IIIG - because even though
> > it would cost significantly more than a used model, it would NOT be 45
> > years old and come with 45 years worth of aging and problems, whether
> > recently CLAed or not, and would probably come with some sort of
> > passport warranty. But to each his own. ;-)
> 
> And a built in lightmeter...
> 
> feli
> 
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