Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/12/13

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Subject: [Leica] Leica lllF RD
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:30:48 -0800
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Of all the Leica gear I saved, the LTM is what I kept.
It makes me work at taking a picture, in the manner of the 'first school', 
35mm style!
S.d.


On Dec 12, 2011, at 8:03 PM, Barry Hinderks wrote:

> Thanks for the comments Emanuel.
> BarryH
> 
> At 06:54 PM 12/12/2011, you wrote:
>> All the Wetzlar threadmount cameras are great day-in, day-out shooters.
>> 
>> If anything, the IIIg is the LEAST attractive prospect for photographers, 
>> as
>> it is the largest/heaviest and the most valuable of the standard models.
>> 
>> By far my favourite is the IIIb, just slightly pre-war. It's the last of 
>> the
>> small chassis Leicas (they got bigger with the IIIc), uninteresting to
>> collectors, sturdily built. Takes a commonly available SCNOO rapid winder
>> baseplate, which makes for a great package with a 35mm or (better) a 28mm
>> lens from anybody.
>> 
>> Emanuel
>> 
>> 
>> 
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In reply to: Message from manolito at videotron.ca (EPL) ([Leica] Leica lllF RD)
Message from Barry98 at telus.net (Barry Hinderks) ([Leica] Leica lllF RD)