Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, So far I have been lucky with the dentist thing. I had a IIIF RDST that was touchy about loading; got my revenge by selling it to some Japanese collector. It is probably still staring out of an acrylic case somewhere in Osaka. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 2/8/07, Jim Shulman <jshul@comcast.net> wrote: > > Don, > > Been there, trimmed that. Worked fine with my IIIc, and was a real %$#@! > with the IIIg. That was one finicky camera. > > Best, > Jim Shulman > Bryn Mawr, PA > Who recently handed over a bundle to his dentist to repair damage from > impromptu sprocket-trimming in 1994. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Don > Dory > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 9:05 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica IIIf and Leica IIIg - the viewfinder > > 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 >