Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Bob, I have looked at the earlier LTM cameras and always thought, "Neat toy but what is it good for?" I started with M cameras and it is very hard to warm to the small squinty range/viewfinder of the LTM cameras after the wide open spaces of the M. I like to photograph with my cameras and they soon stop looking like jewelry in my hands. I am not rough or anything but the neck strap marks the body and the black chrome goes muddy and the silver chrome shiny; all the usual "wear" things. I always held out hope for the IIIg. I mean everyone says the finder is great and "so big". About a month ago, someone handed me a IIIg and with breathless expectation, I held it up to my eye... Like I said, for photography, get an M camera. Collecting? That is a whole other whatever. John Collier On Thursday, May 23, 2002, at 08:19 AM, rhaigh5748@aol.com wrote: > regarding the viewfinder being SMALL and SQUINTY, for 50mm the > viewfinder is > excellant. Focusing is much more precise than the M. The only valid > criticism > of this camera is film now must be trimmed which may not appear to some > people. This is a camera to praise not denigrate. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html