Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/08

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Subject: [Leica] Leica IIIf and Leica IIIg - the viewfinder
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Thu Feb 8 17:52:33 2007
References: <000801c74be0$07f4f500$f7650e44@GATEWAY> <019601c74be9$d21bf820$0a01a8c0@MacPhisto> <021501c74beb$17115c80$45341580$@net>
 
> 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.

Your investment would not have been as good. If you had bought a IIIg, you
would not have used it much as it annoys you and then it would be pristine
and worth a lot now ;-)

Cheers
Replies: Reply from jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman) ([Leica] Leica IIIf and Leica IIIg - the viewfinder)
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Message from leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams) ([Leica] Leica IIIf and Leica IIIg - the viewfinder)
Message from jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman) ([Leica] Leica IIIf and Leica IIIg - the viewfinder)