[Leica] Further adventures of a completely screwed up guy: long and occasionally on topic

[gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO)]

John Collier wrote in part:

>  
> We both snubbed the custom cars and gave the big thumbs up to the Lotus  
> Elise. Why would anyone buy anything else if you are in the market 
> for a sports car? 
>

This month's Road and Track had a interesting article on the Lotus Exige.
 
> The IIIg's half life size finder was almost as wonderful as an M camera's; 
> not quite, but pretty damn close by any measure.
>

The diopter adjustment is a great feature and the IIIG is as easy to focus 
in low light as my M2. 

> Loading, of course, was another matter entirely. It requires careful  
> concentration. And, yes, all my leaders were trimmed correctly. 
> Every second or third load would require "fiddling" to engage properly. 
> I did not have to remove and reload, just poke the spool up and down a  
> bit. Perhaps I will eventually develop a sure fire technique but I am  
> apparently not there yet. M cameras, even M2s and M3s, must have 
> been a revelation.
> 

I bet you said this about the first Leica M you ever loaded. Loading a LTM 
camera gets easier every time you load it.

Regards,


Greg