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

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Subject: [Leica] Leica IIIf and Leica IIIg - the viewfinder
From: jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Thu Feb 8 17:53:05 2007

I sort of feel that way. I like the size of the Leica III series, but they
are less than a pleasure to load.

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com
http://400tx.blogspot.com/



-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jim
Shulman
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 7:39 PM
To: 'Leica Users Group'
Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica IIIf and Leica IIIg - the viewfinder


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



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