My friend's IIIf has the self-timer. The serial number is 699201. According to my Leica book, the red dial IIIf has a different shutter design to earlier versions.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 29 September 2005 04:04 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Enough Already! > > Godfrey is right. It's a BW photo. And the synchro adjustment > numbers surrounding the shutter speed dial are red. Thus, the > red dial designation. There's another IIIf version called Black Dial. > Functionally, they're almost identical. I believe that > shutter speeds are the one major difference. The red dial > camera has the old style > speeds: 1/25th, 1/50th, 1/100th, 1/200th. The black dial > cameras have the same speeds as contemporary cameras. The > camera pictured is a IIIf RD. Leica also made a IIIf RD ST. > The ST model has a self timer, with a lever mounted on the > front of the camera. > Paul > On Sep 28, 2005, at 7:42 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > > > On Sep 28, 2005, at 4:32 PM, E.R.N. Reed wrote: > > > >>> 1953 Leica IIIf red dial, with a Summicron collapsible 50mm: > >>> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2870904&size=lg > >> > >> Paul, WILL you stop posting pornography to the list??!! > > > > LOL! > > > >> (btw, red dial? where's the red? I'm confused) > > > > It's difficult to show the red when the photo presented is > B&W. Leice > > IIIf models had either black or red lettering on the flash > > synchronization adjustment engravings that surrounds the > shutter speed > > selector. I don't at this time recall the significance of the black > > and red difference, but there you have it. > > > > Godfrey > > > > > >
