Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Fellow LUGnuts, As an experienced user of M Leicas and admittedly a new user of a Leicaflex SL, I have a problem with the Leicaflex. Everytime I take a picture, the viewfinder goes blank for just a split second then as if by magic the image reappears. It is just like the effect when someone takes a picture on TV and the viewer is looking through the camera. You never get to see the exact picture you took. I think I'll check my Leica catalogue to see if they sell a 50mm external viewer I can slide on the hot shoe. Then I can focus through the lens and meter and then shift my view through the external viewfinder so that the image won't go blank when I take the picture. I wonder why Leica didn't think of this? The relfex camera design is only a poor imitation of the rangefinder ;-) Richard - ---------------------------- Richard Clompus, OD West Chester, PA, USA