earleygallery Posted December 14, 2006 Share #21 Posted December 14, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thomas, Robert, Thanks for the comments on the pic. It is one of a series I took at a fishermans wharf in S Spain. If this is what a '42 can do I'm really interested to see the results of the Red Scale and 2.8 versions I've just bought, when I can get around to shooting with them. Bill, Thanks & good luck with the acquisition! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted December 14, 2006 Posted December 14, 2006 Hi earleygallery, Take a look here My new Leica IIIC. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
bill Posted December 16, 2006 Share #22 Posted December 16, 2006 James, Mission accomplished...! I'll drop you an email tomorrow with some pictures and details. Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasw_ Posted December 16, 2006 Author Share #23 Posted December 16, 2006 Robert: Thanks heaps for the link; I ended up buying a summitar 50mm from them for my IIIc! I hope it arrives sometime around Christmas....it will be my 120£ present from my daughter;) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gberger Posted December 17, 2006 Share #24 Posted December 17, 2006 One thing - - if you use the iiic for any length of time, you'll become addicted to the 50mm focal length, and that's not a bad thing. I bought my iiic in 1945 (Germany, with a 3.5 Elmar) and I used it until the M4 became available in the late 1960's. My M4 came equipped with the rigid 50mm. I'm now using a 50mm 1.4 ASPH. One primary lens on a given body makes a lot of sense. Shooting becomes instinctive. The 50mm will become your best friend for your camera. (and, besides, that's what the iiic viewvinder will show you) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomad Posted December 30, 2006 Share #25 Posted December 30, 2006 Mine's a IIIa, attached an early PS practice session with a IIIf as the subject. Slightly off topic, but hope nobody minds too much. Thanks, David Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/11191-my-new-leica-iiic/?do=findComment&comment=129657'>More sharing options...
brianv Posted December 30, 2006 Share #26 Posted December 30, 2006 I had my "ex-IIIc", factory converted to a IIIf, out yesterday. I bought a 5cm Collapsible Summicron in LTM for it, have one in M-Mount for the M3. It took me a while to get used to loading it. A tip that I will pass on when learning to load it: remove the lens and set the shutter to "B". You can see if you've lined the film up across the sprockets. After two rolls of "confirmed loads", it got easier. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
square_one Posted December 30, 2006 Share #27 Posted December 30, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hopefully, LTMers would allow flat-top Barnackerhttp://www.leica-camera-user.com/images/icons/icon9.gifs with undetachable 5cm Elmars to join in such a forum - otherwise we would have no home:( . No kidding, it would be quite active methinks. Bruce Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasw_ Posted December 30, 2006 Author Share #28 Posted December 30, 2006 Thanks Brian. I have found that over the course of this past week, the IIIc has become quite straightforward to load. I look at it now and think 'I was all nerve-racked about something made out to be worse than it is.' The main tips that helped me become unflummoxed with loading film on a Barnack were the following:> 1. With a razor or sharp scissors, always pre-cut your film leader to 4 inches/10 cm and round off the edges a bit. 2. Use a template like Mark provided for me, and do what Nomad suggested with the leader after trimming it, i.e., to reinsert it into the cassette so that you have only 4 inches of leader perforations on the one side toward the base plate (see both images on the first page of this thread). 3. Do your first wind of the film very slowly without the base-plate on and watch to see whether the sprockets near the take-up spool are running through the perforations on the leader AND whether the rewinding knob is rotating backwards. You are ready to put the base plate on with confidence if both conditions are affirmative! 4. After doing the second snap/wind of the film, I am ready to have fun. Not that there is anything wrong with using the B-shutter setting move, yet I prefer not having to remove my lens to load the film. Again thanks to all who offered their experience as a guide! Respectfully, Thomas Wildeman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
square_one Posted December 30, 2006 Share #29 Posted December 30, 2006 Hopefully, LTMers would allow flat-top Barnackerhttp://www.leica-camera-user.com/images/icons/icon9.gifs with undetachable 5cm Elmars to join in such a forum - otherwise we would have no home:( . No kidding, it would be quite active methinks. Have no idea how all that crap after 'Barnacker' dropped the 's' and slipped-in there ... electricity, who needs it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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