Aires 35-IIIc rangefinder

[rick oleson]

Thanks Rick, I can’t see that or request access on my phone because the button is hidden - will try on my desktop later on.

It might be because it's a link to Google Drive - the whole set of notes is available for download at Dropbox

 

[ped]

Here’s my new one.

 

[ped]

 

[oldhaven]

Very pretty, it looks like it is in great condition. Have you gotten used to the LVS system with cross coupled rings?

 

[ped]

Thanks, yes I really like the system, it makes it so much easier to decide what combination to use. I'm pretty good at judging the number for ISO400 now in my head. Where I struggle is going the other way around - the Aires has a 'snapshot' setting at f6.6, focus to 10m and you get anything from 4m in focus, but then I need to think about the shutter speed... however I have two light meter apps, one for EV and the other with f6.7 locked to give a shutter speed! That's when I'm not using y Westron V.

In other news; I just followed the instructions in the video on page 1 and cleaned the rangefinder and viewfinder of my original - and it's now as good as the new one! Really easy to do, luckily nothing needed re-glueing

 

[rick oleson]

That video is super! Makes me want to go take my IIIC apart 😁