Coldkennels
Barnack-toting Brit.
That finder is HUGE. And here's me thinking a VIOOH looked big on a Barnack!
KismetSky
Established
Haha it really is. Big, bright, and clear. Nice and solid. Doesn’t scratch up my glasses. I love it.
Erik van Straten
Veteran
Very nice camera - and what a number! - but maybe you'll want a III in black and nickel too. The rangefinder of the III is way better! And it has strap lugs.
gelatin silver print (summar 50mm f2) leica III
Erik.
3oob
Member
Couplex of 1932 / 50 Elmar nickelé
qqphotos
Well-known
This late IIIg gets used almost every day. Finally got the right case for it, too, after much looking.
Erik van Straten
Veteran
Great, I've never seen this case, can the front be detached?
Erik.
Erik.
Nitroplait
Well-known
Is there enough clearance below the finder to lift the speed-dial when you change shutter speed?
Derek Leath
dl__images Instagram
qqphotos
Well-known
It can't, unfortunately, but I've considered having a leatherworker remove the single rivet and replace it with a snap since then it could be used very well as a half-case. Perhaps it's sacrilege but it's not a particularly rare artifact and it'd be nice to have it more useful.
I'm still trying to figure out the Leica nomenclature for this IIIg-specific case.
-eric
Dralowid
Michael
Has the case got any Leitz Wetzlar logos stamped into it? (Maybe on the bottom?) If not it may be one of the high quality third party cases available at the time.
qqphotos
Well-known
It has the usual "Ernst Leitz / Wetzlar Germany" opposite the tripod screw, and the script Leica logo on the front upper left; I just wondered about this particular version's 5-letter identifier, mostly out of idle curiousity, it doesn't really matter since it fits the camera and any of the collapsible 50s just fine.
EDIT: it appears to be ENOOR
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Derek Leath
dl__images Instagram
This really is a beautiful camera.
lxmike
M2 fan.
Nice very nice
qqphotos
Well-known
Thank you, it really is. Though nice softbox lighting helps too.
I find it's very usable, too, especially for 50mm since the framelines are so nice and parallax corrected. It's a bit more hassle shooting wider using the VIOOH finder but whatever. Some day I'll get an M2 body for that, but they're already maddeningly expensive.
Derek Leath
dl__images Instagram
Thank you, it really is. Though nice softbox lighting helps too.
I find it's very usable, too, especially for 50mm since the framelines are so nice and parallax corrected. It's a bit more hassle shooting wider using the VIOOH finder but whatever. Some day I'll get an M2 body for that, but they're already maddeningly expensive.
I sold my M2, and got a M4. I have two M3's so I thought I wouldn't miss it. But I do.
cassel
Well-known
Just picked up a IIIa on the cheap to play along with my black cameras… checkout the soft release!
qqphotos
Well-known
I bet the SBOOI viewfinder cost almost as much as the camera!
cassel
Well-known
Yeah...the SBOOI and the Canon f1.5 and the strap were not part of the deal. Camera shutter is off at the slow speeds... we shall see if the images in the test roll work out!
Camera was $125
Derek Leath
dl__images Instagram
I would check the curtains, before loading film.
cassel
Well-known
Already half way thru a test roll - curtains looked like new and very clean. At least what I could see at 1/40 and higher. It seems like one of those cameras that has been in the drawer for a long time. Testing with an old 24exp roll of Kodak Gold.