[Leica] Leica IIIf and Leica IIIg - the viewfinder

[jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman)]

I owned a IIIg several years ago, and found it to be utterly annoying.  Film
loading was very finicky, much moreso than my IIIc.  The bigger-than-IIIc
viewfinder didn't compensate for the trouble of shifting my eye from RF to
VF window, and I missed more shots than I care to discuss.  The trade up to
M cameras was a huge improvement.

If I were a rangefinder 35 photographer in the mid to late 50s and couldn't
afford an M3, I definitely would have chosen the Canon VT over the IIIg.

Jim Shulman
Bryn Mawr, PA




-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Christopher Williams
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 8:30 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica IIIf and Leica IIIg - the viewfinder

Nothing like a M3 finder, but 100% better than the IIIf finder. Framelines
for 50 and 90 lenses.

Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffery Smith" 
Subject: [Leica] Leica IIIf and Leica IIIg - the viewfinder


> Is the Leica IIIg viewfinder significantly brighter or larger than the
IIIf
> viewfinder? The window seems to have been enlarged, and it *was* produced
> about the same time as the M3. I find the IIIf viewfinder to be a
> bit...annoying.
> 
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com