Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/08

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Subject: [Leica] Leica IIIf and Leica IIIg - the viewfinder
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Thu Feb 8 18:17:53 2007
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Don,

You mean extend the standard leader by 8 holes? I always extend my  
leaders but end up with about a 20 hole tongue extension, total. I  
agree that the long leaders are a dream to load. All my original  
loading problems went away.

Len


On Feb 8, 2007, at 9:05 PM, Don Dory wrote:

> Guys,
> Learn to cut a leader eight sprocket holes.  Tear it with your  
> teeth if you
> have to.  Long leader and the puppies load like a dream.  III  
> series cameras
> are wonderful if you own a SBOOI.
>
> Don
> don.dory@gmail.com
>
> On 2/8/07, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> I sort of feel that way. I like the size of the Leica III series,  
>> but they
>> are less than a pleasure to load.
>>
>> Jeffery Smith
>> New Orleans, LA
>> http://www.400tx.com
>> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf  
>> Of Jim
>> Shulman
>> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 7:39 PM
>> To: 'Leica Users Group'
>> Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica IIIf and Leica IIIg - the viewfinder
>>
>>
>> I owned a IIIg several years ago, and found it to be utterly
>> annoying.  Film
>> loading was very finicky, much moreso than my IIIc.  The bigger- 
>> than-IIIc
>> viewfinder didn't compensate for the trouble of shifting my eye  
>> from RF to
>> VF window, and I missed more shots than I care to discuss.  The  
>> trade up
>> to
>> M cameras was a huge improvement.
>>
>> If I were a rangefinder 35 photographer in the mid to late 50s and
>> couldn't
>> afford an M3, I definitely would have chosen the Canon VT over the  
>> IIIg.
>>
>> Jim Shulman
>> Bryn Mawr, PA
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>> Christopher Williams
>> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 8:30 PM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica IIIf and Leica IIIg - the viewfinder
>>
>> Nothing like a M3 finder, but 100% better than the IIIf finder.  
>> Framelines
>> for 50 and 90 lenses.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jeffery Smith"
>> Subject: [Leica] Leica IIIf and Leica IIIg - the viewfinder
>>
>>
>> > Is the Leica IIIg viewfinder significantly brighter or larger  
>> than the
>> IIIf
>> > viewfinder? The window seems to have been enlarged, and it *was*
>> > produced about the same time as the M3. I find the IIIf  
>> viewfinder to
>> > be a bit...annoying.
>> >
>> > Jeffery Smith
>> > New Orleans, LA
>> > http://www.400tx.com
>>
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Leica IIIf and Leica IIIg - the viewfinder)
In reply to: Message from jshul at comcast.net (Jim Shulman) ([Leica] Leica IIIf and Leica IIIg - the viewfinder)
Message from jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] Leica IIIf and Leica IIIg - the viewfinder)
Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Leica IIIf and Leica IIIg - the viewfinder)