Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Guys, Learn to cut a leader eight sprocket holes. Tear it with your teeth if you have to. Long leader and the puppies load like a dream. III series cameras are wonderful if you own a SBOOI. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 2/8/07, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >