Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/06

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Subject: [Leica] IIIg diopter adjustment
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 09:55:11 +0530
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Hoppy,
The M3 is the best viewfinder I have ever used - I still have 2 of
them, though use has decreased. I have just stocked up on Reala to
start using them again!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Geoff Hopkinson<hopsternew at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Yes Jayanand! Some 50 years ago Leica conspired to rip you off ;-) Try
> looking through the LTM camera small separate peep hole for focus (with the
> dioptre lever you have to manually move everytime the distance changes too)
> then through the magnificent combined viewfinder and rangefinder on the
> M3.
>
>
> 2009/7/7 Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
>
>> Another accessory to sell for US$200 (-: !!
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:47 PM, James Laird<digiratidoc at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> > Makes you wonder why they left it off the M series.
>> >
>> > Jim
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Douglas Sharp<douglas.sharp at gmx.de>
>> wrote:
>> >> Hi Jim,
>> >>
>> >> there's a little lever under the rewind knob to adjust the diopter
>> setting,
>> >> on my IIIg it's a little loose and easily knocked of setting.
>> >> I think the range must be about -2 to +2
>> >>
>> >> Cheers
>> >> Douglas
>> >>
>> >> James Laird wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> I read somewhere the IIIg viewfinder has built-in diopter adjustment.
>> >>> Is this true?
>> >>>
>> >>> Jim
>> >>>
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>
>
>
> --
> Cheers
> Geoff
> Alles was eine gute Kamera braucht / Everything a good camera needs:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/
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>
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In reply to: Message from digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird) ([Leica] IIIg diopter adjustment)
Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] IIIg diopter adjustment)
Message from digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird) ([Leica] IIIg diopter adjustment)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] IIIg diopter adjustment)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] IIIg diopter adjustment)