Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Did Leica make diopters for the viewfinder of the IIIg? Jim On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Dennis<dennis at hale-pohaku.net> wrote: > Understand that the LTM cameras with a built in rangefinder have a separate > window for the rangefinder and viewfinder. It it the rangefinder window > that > has a diopter adjustment, not the viewfinder. > > They pretty much had to put the diopter adjustment on the rangefinder > because it magnifies 1.5x it's really a focus adjustment for what can be > looked at as a low magnification telescope. > > Note that the IIIg viewfinder is 0.7 magnification and of course has > illuminated lines to indicate both the 50mm and 90mm field of view with > parallax correction. If you don't use eyeglasses and can see the entire > field of view through the finder it's close enough to serve for use with a > 35mm lens. > > The M3 was introduced in 1954 and the IIIg in 1957. As much as anything I > think the IIIg was in response to photographers that liked the smaller size > of the LTM models and that felt the price of the M3 was too dear. When > Leica > designed the finder for the M2 they reduced the cost significantly and that > pretty much took away the cost reason and most photographers realized the M > was a better solution thus the IIIg was discontinued. > > James Laird 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 >>>> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >