Leica LTM Advice for a new Leica III owner?

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cassel said:
Got IT!!!
Found that the folding handle of my finger-nail trimmers (!) fit perfectly in the shoe....VERY careful bend on each side and VOILA - it accepts the SBOOI perfectly now:cool:
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Relief! I am getting my first SBOOI and was worried this might happen to me too. Glad you got it sorted with Erik's help.
 
For anyone wondering what a Zeiss 433/24 (in this case a 433/25) Albada finder on a Leica II looks like, and why it's not a good fit:

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There are "Hotshoe extenders" (from HAMA I believe) that raises the accessory shoe about 10mm, but that'll probably affect the composition, as well as make the whole camera set-up look ...well...less aesthetically pleasing ;)
 
What meter does everyone use for their Leica IIIs?

I have a Voigtlander VC 1, which has no exposure compensation unlike my Reveni. If I want to use a yellow filter, would the best way of manually compensating +1 stop just be to put the ISO at 400 (assuming my film is ISO 200)?

Just double checking!

EDIT: Or should I be changing it to 100 ISO?
 
Sunny 12.5 mostly

Or if feeling in the mood Sekonic Twinmate L208 which must be one of the simplest.

I have a selection of Westons and other old meters but no longer use them.

re filters, just compensate on the camera. changing film speed on the meter is something you will forget you have done...
 
Advice for a new Leica III owner?
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Give up NOW while you still have some money and some sanity. It starts off slowly, with one body and lens running through a couple of films a year. Then you come across another lens or two, and it starts to escalate exponentially. I'm up to four bodies and nine lenses. Discovering RFF is fatal.
 
Malcolm M said:
Give up NOW while you still have some money and some sanity. It starts off slowly, with one body and lens running through a couple of films a year. Then you come across another lens or two, and it starts to escalate exponentially. I'm up to four bodies and nine lenses. Discovering RFF is fatal.
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Save yourself, it's too late for us.
(five bodies 9 lenses)
 
I have IIIc. I use same meter as with any other camera. iPhone exposure meter app. Or Sekonic TwinMatte.

Yellow filter barely need any compensation, orange, green and red do.
 
Mr_Flibble said:
For anyone wondering what a Zeiss 433/24 (in this case a 433/25) Albada finder on a Leica II looks like, and why it's not a good fit:

bad_idea02.jpg

bad_idea01.jpg


There are "Hotshoe extenders" (from HAMA I believe) that raises the accessory shoe about 10mm, but that'll probably affect the composition, as well as make the whole camera set-up look ...well...less aesthetically pleasing ;)
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I think it looks cool:cool: Especially if the finder was in black paint.
What I was thinking is what if the shoe on the finder was MOVED -not lifted - so that the finder was offset to the left - therefore not blocking the shutter speed dial.
That would involved removing the screws and drilling holes:eek: -but I bet it would work
 
Unfortunately the foot on the Zeiss finder is riveted in position. ;)
I guess one could punch out the rivets, drill new holes and reattach the foot. Even adjust the angle slightly to have it match the FOV for a particular focus distance.
....if one was thus mechanically inclined.
 
cassel said:
I think it's great! No real accuracy issues noticed by me - the close up dashed lines help.
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No doubt! I wonder if there might be any issue using it at further distances though.

To quote another RFF member " Towards infinity two things come into play: parallax and a slight magnification of the image relative to the (fixed) framelines. When looking through the finder, the effects tend to cancel at the bottom of the frame but add at the top. It appears therefore that the bottom frameline is good enough at all distances but 'near' and 'far' framelines are needed at the top."

Thoughts?
 
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