Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One of the first times I took my dad's IIIF out for a day's work, the clip on the camara strap let loose and the camera fell about 4 feet onto a gravel roadway. I was devastated. The camera survived the fall with few bruises; the Leicavit winder took the brunt of it. I think the camera had to have the rangefinder aligned after the fall. Other than that, the scars to the winder and the camera have faded over time so that they are barely noticeable to me now. With all this and the fact that my father's IIIF was his main camera during his military service in Africa (US Army Asmara, Ethiopia) and was used heavily, it still looks and works great. Hell of a camera. I bought a IIIc and an M6 for daily users; my dad's IIIF has too much sentimental value to risk loss. Glenn Stauffer