Side-by-side test Leica M3 and IIIa

Leica IIIa (AGNOO), made in 1938

Camera received a CLA in 2017 at Leica Gallery Frankfurt

Leitz Summaron 35mm f/3.5 (SOONC), made in 1948

Ilford Pan-F Plus B&W film

Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de

 

I am conducting a project where I take both my M3 and my IIIa and shoot the same scenes at the same times, so that I can compare the outcome.

 

This is a shot of Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, taken with the IIIa. The corresponding picture with the M3 is here.

 

The Summaron lens is producing distinct pincushion distortion.

Done