Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] john glenn's leica?
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 23:44:07 -0400
References: <200109201930.PAA27123@tigercat.nyfir.pwj.com>

At 09:58 PM 9/20/01 -0500, Christopher Williams wrote:
>Yep, it is a 1G. I have a IG that was converted into a IIG.
>IIG? It cannot be a IIIG since it has no self timer. I guess that is one for
>Lager to answer.


Well, the Ig had the full range of speeds (1 second to 1/1000").  The II
series Leicas were differentiated from the III's by lacking slow speeds.
So, your conversion is a IIIg less self-timer -- to be a IIg, you would
have had to have the slow speeds removed.

Marc

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