Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Just wandered over to my friendly neighborhood hole-in-the-wall camera >shop, and lo! Tom had (for him) a staggering amount of Leica stuff. While >perusing the gear, I noticed a nice-looking III-series. >On closer inspection, it turned out to be a IIIa (vintage 1938, per the >list at Stephen Gandy's site). Very clean, though it looks as though the >vulcanite may have been replaced. Reasonably bright RF, sounded good at >all speeds - like it has recently been gone over. Bought it with a pretty >clean 50 Summar, never-ready case, and sync baseplate for the grand sum of >$250. >What I've run into is that the lens is calibrated in the old >"international" stops - 2, 2.2, 3.2, 4.5, 6.3, 9, 12.5 - what does this >translate to in the current system? I haven't been able to find a table >of equivalencies. >Thanks, >C. L. Basso, K.C.S., M.Sc. C.L., Try here: http://www.ozdoba.net/leica/leica_altezeit_e.html All will be revealed. Guy - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html