Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I found that since I started cutting the leader I don't have to check through the open shutter any more. I hope it's more then just luck. Len On Jan 19, 2007, at 6:18 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote: > Welcome to an intriguing club: There are a number of tricks with > the LTM cameras. One is to load the film with the shutter open and > the lens removed so you can guide the film with your finger from > the outside!!! I don't think I have a IIIc manual, but I do have > some if nothing appears in the IIIf and g line > > Cheers > On 20/01/2007, at 0:37, G Hopkinson wrote: > >> Dear LUG folk, this evening in an idle browse past a local camera >> shop I found a Leica 111 body for sale amongst the plethora of >> Nikon F100s etc being given away for a fraction of their former >> value.. Their expertise might be gauged by the tag which was marked >> Leica M body. Anyway I thought that it was reasonably priced and I >> felt it was my duty to take it home. It appears to be a 111c from >> 1949 and is pretty clean externally even the shutter appears to >> operate somewhere close to all of the marked speeds. Just guessing I >> know but no obvious slowing down on the slow speeds, nor any >> visible shutter curtain damage. The body is dent free. I mean the >> chrome is intact and the sharkskin? Vulkanit completely intact. >> Baseplate scratches and burnishing on the forward edge of the top >> plate. The finder and rangefinder will hopefully benefit from a >> clean. RF seems functional with decent contrast even in low light >> tonight. Not greatly clear certainly. So anyway, a user, I hope >> and a lovely piece of history for me as an M user. Certainly I will >> need to invest in a CLA. The aim is simply to be a user and I'd >> plan to acquire a reasonable lens after getting the body serviced. >> >> >> >> Can anyone point me towards an instruction manual? On-line would >> be great. >> >> >> >> I don't have any experience at all with the LTM models. I think >> that I have figured out the shutter speed selections. Also what >> seems to be a diopter adjustment on the rangefinder. It lets me >> resolve even very fine text at a metre or two. I have no idea what >> is normal clarity for the RF or finder. Do I need to be trimming >> the film leader? Any other advice would be welcomed. Lens wise, I >> had in mind getting a period correct Leica 50 (a coated Elmar 50?) >> or otherwise a 35 or 28 that I might use with an external finder. >> Again any suggestions would be most welcome. It's purely for >> pleasure and to preserve a wonderful old camera. >> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Hoppy >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information