Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> > >Message: 4 >From: Thinkofcole@aol.com > >Anyone here have a small Leica orange filter that fits over the >rangefinder >window to improve the contrast? > >thanks, bob cole > I have one on my IIIc Bob. It works well enough. You either get a clear frame with a reddish dot in the middle to focus with or a reddish frame with a clear dot in the middle depending which of the round RF 'windows' you put it on. (I prefer the red dot in the middle and so I keep the contrast filter on the 'window' closest to the rewind knob.) I got this contrast filter a while ago and it is interesting and looks cool on the camera and is not scratched or anything, but am not not all that attached to it. I got it more for curiosity sake and can focus my IIIc just as well without it. I'm more interested in getting a '?60' lens hood for the Planar 80/2.8 T* lens on my Hasselblad. They seem to be about the same value on that big auction site (used). Do you happen to have a spare hood you want to trade for the filter? I've got a '?60' lens hood for the 38-60mm lenses on the 80 now and it isn't deep enough for my liking. (It is for sale if anyone needs one.) As to the 'trim plate' I've been using my IIIc for quite a few years now and have trimmed only one film leader (my first in the IIIc) in all that time and many many rolls of film and have never had a problem. I just make sure that I've got the modern short film leader tightly in the spool and that the first few sprocket holes are in the take up sprocket before I close the base and begin to wind. The sky hasn't fallen on me. Nice to have for collecting reasons I suppose, but my IIIc is so *ugly that it is just a user and not a camera that I have to sweat actually shooting with. It will never be considered a collector's piece. *some previous owner deeply scratched the 'Leica' off the top plate (to avoid paying customs someone claimed) and drilled a hole (which I've covered with rubberized material) in the baseplate...for after market flash synch maybe? Drop me a line offlist if you have cash/trade interest in the filter Bob. Anyone with a spare '?60' 80/2.8 Hassy Planar hood that they want to let go of please let me know as well. -- Carpe Lumen, Michael Eric Berube, Photojournalist ________________________ WWW.GOODPHOTOS.COM WWW.ANOTHERMAINE.COM