Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] IIIf question
From: Peter Goldberg <peterg@martinhamblin.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 10:05:11 -0500

"A.H.SCHMIDT" wrote:

> The Post war IIIc, together with a summitar lens is, in my opinion, the best value
> for money, if you don't need to use flash. It has the shark skin covering, which
> gives a very good grip. Most IIIc 's need a shutter and wind knob lubricate. With
> this done, the perform forever. You can even put them in to your pocket, with the
> Summitar or Elmar collapsed.
>
> Horst

Certainly agree with all that; my postscript would be with immediate postwar IIIc's -
look carefully at the chrome, quality is sometimes poor.

Peterg

"...just an angle on a curve"