Re: [Leica] Newbie to be -- My experiences with G2 / M options?

["Daniel Ho" <hod@idirect.com>]

That makes a lot of sense.  As I only plan to use the 35mm with any
frequency, I will go look at the plain M6.

Thanks,
Dan


- -----Original Message-----
From: Paul and Paula Butzi <butzi@halcyon.com>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Monday, April 13, 1998 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Newbie to be -- My experiences with G2 / M options?


>At 09:35 AM 4/13/98 , you wrote:
>>The M6HM with a 35 would be a bit tricky if you wear glasses.
>>I do not wear glasses, but I still have to tightly press my face
>>against the camera to be able to see all four sides of the frame.
>
>There's the simple matter of being able to see the brightlines
>for 35mm on an M6hm if you wear glasses (or simply
>prefer not to scratch your cornea on the viewfinder rim).
>It's pretty difficult.
>
>But even more, if you plan to do quite a lot of 35mm work,
>is the fact that with the brightlines so close to the edge
>of the finder image, you don't get to see much of what
>you're *NOT* putting in the frame.
>
>Perhaps others don't feel this is a big issue, but one
>of the things I find I really LIKE about the M6 is the
>amount of stuff I can see *outside* the frame.  For
>using only the 50mm, I'd probably go with the M6hm.
>For 75mm or longer, there's no doubt I'd go with the
>HM.  For 35mm, the straight M6 at least offers a bit
>of image outside the frame.
>
>-Paul