Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/06

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Subject: [Leica] IIIa vs IIIf
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Wed Jun 6 18:55:37 2007
References: <C763BF49-BEED-4D52-9E94-B352C2717376@mac.com> <9b678e0706061829xf028662s901fd4513439ccd4@mail.gmail.com> <1FE461D8-D696-4534-AD73-6FE000A97914@mac.com>

The framing windows are not especially different, just different locations.
Focus, frame with your finder shoot and wind with your finger.  These little
cameras are a delight and I suspect if I ever shoot film again it will be
with a IIIf or a IIIc; my III is just a little too nice to bang around on a
jaunt.

On 6/6/07, Kenneth Frazier <kennybod@mac.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Jun 6, 2007, at 9:29 PM, Don Dory wrote:
>
> > It is not an issue unless you are shooting with both camera's in
> > which case
> > mayhem will ensue. Really, once you accept that you have to focus
> > in one
> > window and shoot with another it really is no issue.
>
> I have enough mayhem in my life without creating more.  :-)
>
> I've gotten used to shooting with the IIIf, so it's not a problem.  I
> wondered if the RF window was a bit easier to use.
>
> I have a 50 brightline, and I keep my Summicron 50 collapsible on my
> IIIf all the time.  I rarely use a 35 or wider lens on it.
>
> Ken
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