Leica LTM IIIG for less than 400 bux?

Leica M39 screw mount bodies/lenses
Keith novak said:
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What Canon lens is that? I'm interested in picking up a 50/1.2 or 50/1.4 for my IIIg, but was concerned about the size. That one looks like a good fit on yours.

Anyone have experience with the high speed Canon 50s on a IIIg?
 
Graybeard said:
I have a IIIg due back shortly from service with John Maddox.

John has a souce in Germany for replacement shutter brakes and can replace the damaged one with a new unit. It's not difficult to imagine an old fellow in a leather apron making replacement shutter brakes by hand in a cottage somewhere in the Black Forest.
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Yes, and charging for it too. Have Maddox return the original brake.
 
pdx138 said:
What Canon lens is that? I'm interested in picking up a 50/1.2 or 50/1.4 for my IIIg, but was concerned about the size. That one looks like a good fit on yours.

Anyone have experience with the high speed Canon 50s on a IIIg?
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Hey Kyle,

It is a 50 1.4 I bought it off an ebay seller about six months ago for around $260.00 from memory! It's a nice lens but does intrude into the viewfinder somewhat ... though not enough to bother me. No more than my Nokton intrudes on my M2's viewfinder! 🙂
 
Keith novak said:
Hey Kyle,

It is a 50 1.4 I bought it off an ebay seller about six months ago for around $260.00 from memory! It's a nice lens but does intrude into the viewfinder somewhat ... though not enough to bother me. No more than my Nokton intrudes on my M2's viewfinder! 🙂
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Thank you. I can live with the viewfinder intrusion. It looks natural on the your camera and like it balances pretty well. Getting a little OT, but do you know how the Canon 1.4 compares to the 1.2 in size? I suppose I should ask on the Canon forum, but since I already brought it up here...

I borrowed a firend's CV 35 Ultron for a while and it was a real beast on the IIIg. I didn't like it ergonoically.
 
Graybeard said:
I have a IIIg due back shortly from service with John Maddox.

The shutter brake on my cam.
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I never had any problem with my IIIg but reading this I must confess that now I tend to consider Leicas not so incredibly strong as the legend tells...

I had an R3 mot and I had problems with the fast shutter speeds (the curtains did not open above 1/250) and with the prism's coating which started to change colour for no apparent reason, I still have a CL and the (in)famous light meter swing-harm stopped working after a -40 C session in Ontario, fixing it (for sentimental reasons I would never part from that camera) costed me almost as much as the camera costed when I bought it, I have an M4 and recently I had to fix the first curtain...the only one which has been always fine is the IIIg.

Anyway, lenses are so incredibly great that I don't mind bringing a backup in order to use them.

On the other hand I must say that I had some (usually minor) problem with almos all brands, except for my Nikon F cameras and my view camera (which anyway I use only in the studio and for much fewer shots than any 35mm).

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Over the years I have looked at Leica IIIg's and they are nice but I am very satisfied with my Retina IIIC. Just as compact, folding, good viewfinder and an excellent 50mm F2 Schneider Xenon. If you are content with a 50mm lens you can get the camera (with lens) for a few hundred $, and it will give roughly the same satifaction and performance as a IIIg.
 
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