Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Is it viable to use a 50+ year old screw mount > body for paid work? Is it possible to get > reliable, repeatable results from a IIIf? I ask > about the IIIf because it seems good value, with > black dial versions selling at very attractive > prices. In past years I have done a lot of paid work with my IIIf, though I haven't even tried in about 15 years. The problem with it is film loading. Ever since the film industry switched from long leaders to short leaders (perhaps 20 to 25 years ago), loading a IIIf requires that you pre-cut the film leader. While that is not hard, especially with the right tool, I found that the inability to just pull a roll of film out of my pocket and reload the camera in the middle of a shoot was a show-stopper. Weddings didn't wait for the photographer to change a roll of film.