[Leica] Winter shore

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

I have a black III from the early thirties that I might just get CLA'd as
the slow speeds are all too typically slow.  We'll see how far I've gone to
the digits; I kept all my Hewes kit and photographers formulary is still
available.  But the bluebonnets are budding out and the question arises, is
it better to keep time to a metronome or be out in the world seeing what is
real...

On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 11:28 PM Daniel Ridings via LUG <lug at 
leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Thanks Jim and Douglas,
>
> For the last year I had been using the III's extensively because of the
> cataract in my right eye. My left eye had already been "serviced", but
> Leicas are clumsy with left eye focusing.
>
> My IIIc is nr 418563, after the war, from what I gather. I bought it years
> ago, probably 20, from Ken Frazier (I think) on the LUG. I noticed it was
> overexposing a bit in the late fall (compared to other cameras that had
> been serviced) so I sent in it and my IIIf (also from a list member years
> ago) to adjust the shutter along with a regular CLA of the IIIf. Now
> everything matches up for a while, probably for the rest of my life ;-)
>
> I remember that Marc Small always praised the IIIc, even over the IIIf. I
> wouldn't go that far, but the more I use it, the better I understand him.
> It is cheap, no collectors want it, it has a die cast body (no paper shims
> to get misplaced over the years) and it is relatively light. I still carry
> it around in a winter coat with an Elmar or Industar on it, just as a bang
> around camera.
>
> The last 10 years I've been heavily focused on long distance cycling,
> randonneuring. We carry as little as possible with us. I've pulled it out
> many an evening before an event, only to see it being the last thing on the
> table, that doesn't make it into my pockets or bags. Truth be said, neither
> does the plastic Yashica T4. The Olympus Stylus Epic does on occasion
> (water-proof/sweat-proof). But with the pandemic and all, I'll probably be
> carrying more things with me anyway, to avoid going into my favorite
> gourmet restaurant (Circle K) for refreshments, and it just might qualify.
>
> Now I don't want to just babble, so here are three shots from last autumn
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dlridings/LUG/2020-07-14-0001.jpg.html
> (IIIc or f with the Industar)
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dlridings/LUG/2020-12-06-V49-0016.jpg.html
> (with the radio-active Summicron)
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dlridings/LUG/2020-12-06-V49-0013.jpg.html
> (ditto)
>
> I usually take pictures of people, but there are not many people in my life
> these days, for obvious reasons.
>
> Daniel
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 1:48 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>
> > Nice ones Daniel. I prefer the Otis tribute, I think.
> > Inspired, I dug out my lllc no 3887xx which is either 79 or 80 years
> > old, but which I haven't used for a number of years. Embarrassingly, I
> > had to look up the manual to check a minor point. How quickly we forget.
> > Now where are those orphan rolls of film?
> >
> > Douglas
> >
> > On 07/03/2021 06:35, Daniel Ridings via LUG wrote:
> > > Here are a couple of shots from my IIIf and 90 Elmar from a couple of
> > weeks
> > > back, when it was colder, about the same time Texas and large parts of
> > the
> > > northern hemisphere were going through a rough spot. I was using the
> IIIf
> > > and siblings because they had diopter adjustment. That was before my
> > > surgery.
> > >
> > > Those little boxes with a piece of cloth running horizontally can still
> > do
> > > what they were intended to do, let in the right amount of light at the
> > > right time.
> > >
> > >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dlridings/LUG/2021-02-15-0001.jpg.html
> > >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/dlridings/LUG/2021-02-15-0005.jpg.html
> > >
> > > They're from one of my Corona walks. Without realizing it I have been
> > doing
> > > a PAW for about the last year, based on walks that I force myself to
> get
> > > out on. I am one of those who have remained pretty isolated otherwise.
> > >
> > > Actually, I noticed that Flickr was probably pestering people when they
> > > followed links there, so I thought I'd set up a "LUG" album on the
> > gallery
> > > to avoid that.
> > >
> > > Daniel
> > >
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Don
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