If you just want a camera to shoot, the LEICA IIIf shoots silently, but requires moving and setting about twice as many dials and levers as more recent manual cameras to make even the simplest settings.Ĭonsider the LEICA IIIf for careful nature, travel and landscape photography, but a LEICA M3 (or Nikon FM or F6) is a much better choice if you're traveling with people who won't wait for you to make all the settings for each snapshot. This review takes three tacks simultaneously, for three different kinds of people: It sold for the equivalent of $3,500 in its day.įacts, like "1/1,000 second shutter speed" or "longer rangefinder base length," are facts, but subjective observations, like "easy to use" must be taken from your own point of view. The LEICA IIIf is an excellent sixty-year old camera. LEICA M cameras are bigger than screw-mount cameras, and digital M cameras have gotten even slightly bigger. It is the same shape as LEICA M cameras, but is it slightly smaller in every dimension.
It weighs only half as much as most DSLRs, and less than one-third what a pro DSLR weighs, and delivers better image quality. The IIIf weighs only two-thirds as much as a typical LEICA M. It is many times quieter than the noisy digital LEICA M9. The LEICA IIIf is often quieter than LEICA M cameras, so in other words, it does what they do best, but even better. It's so light that I often forget it's with me. The screw-mount LEICA IIIf is significantly smaller and lighter than any Leica M camera. The LEICA IIIf works great, but for practical photography, it requires about twice as many knobs and settings to do the same thing as a modern fully-manual camera requires. Not great for: Action, automation or fast shooting. Superstitious people who confuse DSLRs with weapons are not afraid of the IIIf. The IIIf looks so crazy and ancient that no one will give you a hard time photographing with it. The LEICA IIIf is one of the least expensive ways to get into the LEICA system. Great for: Ultra-high quality images from the smallest and lightest possible camera. It helps me keep adding reviews of ancient equipment when you get yours through these links, thanks! Ken.ĭecember 2012 LEICA Reviews LEICA Lenses All Reviews
You can get these at these direct links to it at Adorama and eBay (see How to Win at eBay). LEICA IIIf (15.230 oz/431.8g with film, about $400 used) shown mit collapsible LEICA SUMMICRON 50mm f/2. Intro Specs Performance Deployment Usage Recommendations Repairs This page best with Corporate S regular and bold activated.
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