Image
MODEL
Leica
IIIg
Year
1953-1970
Low serial no.
674 411
High serial no.
988 280
Total
42,351
Variants
8
MODEL
Leica
IIIg
Year
1953-1970
Low serial no.
674 411
High serial no.
988 280
Total
42,351
Variants
8
Model Description
The Leica IIIg was the final major development of the screw-mount rangefinder. Its principal change was a considerably larger bright-line viewfinder containing markings for 50mm and 90mm lenses. The framing system compensated for parallax as the lens was focused. The rangefinder itself remained a separate optical system, so focusing and framing still required different eyepieces. Mechanically, the camera retained the 39mm screw mount, 1/1000-second maximum shutter and separate slow-speed control inherited from earlier III models. Later specialist variants account for the unusually broad recorded date range and do not indicate uninterrupted production throughout it.
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