Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'd better agree with Marc, as I have a cla'ed IIIc coming from Youxin in the mail, a 3,5/3.5cm LSM Summaron, and an Imarect in the bag waiting for a dance partner. I just sold my CL. Nice as it was, even with #@$%&! plastic inside, I just wasn't all that fond of shooting it due to the focusing constraints and tiny RF patch. Once one gets the hang of loading a LSM (a simple rite of passage), my old III wasn't at all bad to be shooting with....particularly seeing what ANY used M is fetching these days. Ergo, a second M3 wasn't in the budget, even considering the ramen-noodle diet. If one drops a III, there isn't the coronary excursion one would expect in dropping a M6/7/8. Other than perhaps a K, way too many II/IIIs were made to be the 'rare collectible' only sellers on 'that other auction site' use....ranks right up there with 'minty'. I'm still waiting for a listing purporting that Martin Bormann used it on holiday in Paraguay. :P A cla must be a given when considering any intricate, precision, mechanical device that should have an AARP card, IMHO. Unless someone has a fat wad of cash burning through their pocket, a serviced III variant with postwar glass is an excellent place to start. There were almost a million hand made Leicas before 'right or replace' set in with the M4-2. They had to be doing something right. If and when the bug bites, Leica is a jealous god waiting to take all you have. :) Your mileage may vary, Charlie On Oct 23, 2007, at 7:14 PM, Marc James Small wrote: > At 06:40 PM 10/23/2007, Leonard Taupier wrote: > >Marc, > > > >Did you read Justin's original post where he said > > > >"I'm looking for a good working camera, not a > >collector's item." > > > > <sigh> You folks just love to bash the IIIc but it is the least > expensive and the most flexible of all Leica cameras. Some hate it > for reasons which seem to me so very murky as to be really > obscure. It is a great camera. It can be had cheap. It has > hundreds of add-ons and doo-dads. I do not believe that anyone > "collects" the IIIc. It is a tool, just like the wristwatch. > > If you have questions, pray, read my book on LTM camera lenses: I > pretty honestly set out my adulation for the camera there. Bear in > mind that I REALLY regard the Contax II as the ultimate P&S camera > but I also love the Leica IIIc. Sunny 16 rules, of course. > > Marc > > > > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >