Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For the king of finders try the 50mm bright-line finder from E.Leitz, Wetzlar. One main advantage is that the image is life-size (1:1) which permits you to view with both eyes open. You actually see the subject in 3-D with the bright line "floating" in the view. I use this often, even when using my M3 or M6. It was designed for the Screw-mount cameras which have tiny viewfinders. Don't know what these sell for used. I remember buying one when a student at RIT in Rochester, New York, at a camera store called "Le Beaux" or something similar, for about $15 new. That was a lot of money back in 1955. Got a number of them. Ed