Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/24

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Subject: [Leica] Leica IIIc
From: feli2 at earthlink.net (Feli)
Date: Mon Jan 24 08:56:41 2005
References: <20050123212241.65478.qmail@web25303.mail.ukl.yahoo.com><ba95132805012314117b019f77@mail.gmail.com> <Pine.SOL.4.58-L.0501241202550.29990@hedvig.uio.no> <000f01c5020a$0c2ea840$3201a8c0@AUG01>

Great camera, love mine. Make sue you get an external viewfinder, 
because
the finder in the IIIc is not parallax corrected. Leica made a 
universal finder
called VIOOH. The VIDOM is similar, but the image is reversed 
left/right.
The SBOOI is your typical bright line finder, but collectors have 
driven the prices
way up. Voigtlander / Cosina makes a really nice replica of this unit.
Obviously the finder doesn't have to be made by Leica.

Look here for finders, lenses etc:

www.ritzcam.com

or

  www.cameraquest.com for the Voightlander stuff.

My IIIc came with a 3.5/50 Elmar. I swapped it for a 2/50 Summicron 
collapsible.
the Cron is a little expensive, but you can get a 2/50 Summitar, which 
is almost
as good, for a lot less. Cosina also makes some lenses and the vintage 
Canon
1.8/50 is a real bargain.


feli


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