RE: [Leica] Two questions - Leica CL and Leica IIIf

["Brian McCarthy" <straightline@btinternet.com>]

Thanks to all for the informative replies!

Brian

> 
> >The IIIf - the shutter speed dial is a bit of a puzzle. The only 
> way I can
> >make sense of it is that there are TWO shutter speed dials, the 
> one on the
> >front being for the slower speeds. Is this correct?
> >Also, there is a lever which issues from the rewind knob on the 
> top plate.
> >Can anyone tell me what this is for?
> >Brian McCarthy
> 
> 
> Brian,
> 
> You're right; the small button on the front is for the slow speeds. In
> order to use it, you set the dial on the top plate to the slowest speed,
> then set the slow speed dial to the speed you need. As for the 
> lever on the
> rewind knob, I'm not sure what you're talking about. Perhaps 
> someone fitted
> a lever to the rewind knob so as not to have to extend it in order to
> rewind the film, as here:
> 
> http://www.cameraquest.com/LRWlev.htm
> 
> I knew that such a thing exists for Ms, but never thought about using one
> on an LTM.
> 
> FWIW, the IIIf is a great camera, IMO. I have and use one regularly, in
> addition to M cameras. It's a little slower to work with, the 
> main drawback
> for me being the tiny VF and RF windows, but it's nothing you can't live
> with. A plus is that vintage Leica SM lenses are relatively inexpensive,
> but are great performers. And then there is the current crop of Cosina
> lenses in LTM, which are equally inexpensive and take great pictures.
> 
> Guy
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