[Leica] Leica 111c instructions

[jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)]

Hoppy,

The complete manual for the IIIf is found at the link below.  Except for the 
flash synch, the IIIc would be the same as the Black Dial IIIf.  I agree 
with the advice offered earlier.  Trim the proper leader on your film and 
look to see if the barely visible sprocket near the takeup spool is engage 
with a film hole. Some folks wind off the first frame before replacing the 
baseplate. After replacing the baseplate, snug up the film in the canister 
by turning the rewind knob. Wind off two more frames while watching to see 
that the rewind knob turns each time.  Set the counter to "1" and you are 
set to go.

http://yandr.50megs.com/leica/3f/3f.htm

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "G Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 7:37 AM
Subject: [Leica] Leica 111c instructions


> Dear LUG folk, this evening in an idle browse past a local camera shop I 
> found a Leica 111 body for sale amongst the plethora of
> Nikon F100s etc being given away for a fraction of their former value.. 
> Their expertise might be gauged by the tag which was marked
> Leica M body. Anyway I thought that it was reasonably priced and I felt it 
> was my duty to take it home. It appears to be a 111c from
> 1949 and is pretty clean externally even the shutter appears to operate 
> somewhere close to all of the marked speeds. Just guessing I
> know but no obvious slowing down on the slow speeds, nor any visible 
> shutter curtain damage. The body is dent free. I mean the
> chrome is intact and the sharkskin? Vulkanit completely intact. Baseplate 
> scratches and burnishing on the forward edge of the top
> plate. The finder and rangefinder will hopefully benefit from a clean. RF 
> seems functional with decent contrast even in low light
> tonight. Not greatly clear certainly. So anyway, a user, I hope and a 
> lovely piece of history for me as an M user. Certainly I will
> need to invest in a CLA. The aim is simply to be a user and I'd plan to 
> acquire a reasonable lens after getting the body serviced.
>
>
>
> Can anyone point me towards an instruction manual?  On-line would be 
> great.
>
>
>
> I don't have any experience at all with the LTM models. I think that I 
> have figured out the shutter speed selections. Also what
> seems to be a diopter adjustment on the rangefinder. It lets me resolve 
> even very fine text at a metre or two. I have no idea what
> is normal clarity for the RF or finder. Do I need to be trimming the film 
> leader? Any other advice would be welcomed. Lens wise, I
> had in mind getting a period correct Leica 50 (a coated Elmar 50?) or 
> otherwise a 35 or 28 that I might use with an external finder.
> Again any suggestions would be most welcome. It's purely for pleasure and 
> to preserve a wonderful old camera.
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Hoppy
>
>
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