Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Greater magnification as well as brightlines for the 50mm and bright corner markers for the 90mm. Also parallax correction. Ken Wilcox At 07:06 AM 6/25/99 -0700, you wrote: >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. > > - ------------------ Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits LAW LHSA MEA <wilcox@tir.com>