Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well as the M3 predated the IIIg it might be the M3 morphed into a IIIg ;-) Leica sold both the M3 and IIIg for a few years. The M3 was the overwhelming favorite. I expect the same would be true today. And don't think because the IIIg is smaller than a M6 the cost/price will be less. Oh yea, they can make it up in volumn ;-) Dennis Marc James Small wrote: > At 03:34 PM 10/25/01 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote: > >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... > > Well, actually, there are totally different design concepts behind the IIIg > and the M3. The one didn't "morph" into the other -- the IIIg was the > product of a design team committed to Barnack's principles, while the M3 > was the product of a design team inspired by Ernst Leitz. Different > strokes for different folks! > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html