Re: [Leica] IIIg

[Dennis Painter <dpainter@bigfoot.com>]

I am not a IIIg expert but doesn't the IIIg have a higher VF
magnification than the IIIf ? 

I always thought that was the major advantage.

Dennis


Martin Howard wrote:
> 
> Maybe I don't get it, maybe I just need an aesthetical adjustment, but
> I don't understand the hype around the IIIg.  I think they are ugly as
> sin.  Look like a bastardized concoction of left-over spare parts that
> someone bolted together in their spare time and slapped chrome on.
> 
> The BD IIIf without self-timer is really good looking, especially with
> the wider shutter speed dial.  But then it appears someone at Wetzlar
> fed the thing steroids in an uncontrolled experiement, and the hideous
> result is the IIIg.
> 
> Rather have a black and nickel II or III any day of the week.
> 
> M.