OK, but if I´m not mistaken the correct designation must be 1f - with two accessory shoes. In the American system there was indeed model F - model III everywhere else - and it is equipped with viewfinder and separate rangefinder, coupled, of course. BTW in my old Leica price guide a 1F Black Dial is listed at 1.200 USD and Red Dial at 525 USD. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Dr E D F Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Päivä: 21. joulukuuta 2002 11:16 Aihe: Re: Lens sharpness vs. camera shake >Incredibly simple camera. No viewfinder inside. The viewfinder went into the >accessory shoe. The lens was that collapsible 50/3.5 Elmar I think it was. >It was new when I got it - absolutely mint. I'd found it in a camera shop in >the original box in Bulawayo in 1953. I thought the shutter speeds were a >bit off, so I sent it to the agents in Johannesburg. It never came back. It >was stolen by someone who probably knew its worth - I certainly didn't. I >complained like hell and they gave me a new M3. I sold that after a couple >of years because I was already into Alpa reflex - what an idiot. I used the >money for Alpa lenses and beer. > >D > >Don Williams > >http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams >Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery >Updated: March 30, 2002 > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Raimo Korhonen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 12:39 PM >Subject: Vs: Lens sharpness vs. camera shake > > >> Leica F1? What is that? >> All the best! >> Raimo >> Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho >> >> -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- >> Lähettäjä: Dr E D F Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Päivä: 21. joulukuuta 2002 9:19 >> Aihe: Re: Lens sharpness vs. camera shake >> >> >> >As a student I used to shoot in the 'Pig and Whistle', near the >University, >> >with a Leica F1. I usually perched it on a beer tankard (empty) and >operated >> >it with a longish cable release. Hardly anyone noticed the camera. The >> >pictures were great. I had an album full of them - lost now. There's a >long >> >long road awinding ... aaaaargh! >> <snip> >> > >> >Don >> > >> >Don Williams >> > >> >http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams >> >Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery >> >Updated: March 30, 2002 >> > >> >> > >
