Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/03

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Subject: RE: [Leica] 35 w goggles on M6 (wasM6TTL desirable?)
From: Fantoni@PHIBRED.COM
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 02:38:51 -0500

Ed,

is this the famous SBLOOI? I've played with it sometimes and it really seems
to be brighter then the real scene. 
The brightest finder I ever saw.
Very pricey, though.

Ernesto

- -----Original Message-----
From: Edward Meyers [mailto:aghalide@panix.com]
Sent: sabato 3 ottobre 1998 4.48
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] 35 w goggles on M6 (wasM6TTL desirable?)


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