Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Andrew, >Viewfinders aren't easy to find for trials. >> between a 21 or a 24mm lens, and now that I'm considering >> >> Can anyone recommend a cheap viewfinder? Since I might >> >> Any do-it-yourself finder ideas are welcome, too. >> >> Andrew I think your choice is a bit wider than suggested. It does not have to be a 35mm viewfinder, the main thing is that it has a 2-to-3 side relationship ( a finder for a 6-by-9 will do nicely) and that the angle of view is approx 90° (if you want to see the 21 mm effect). BTW the degrees given for the coverage refers to the diagonal, not the long side of the negative. I have a 21 mm lens and have recently taken a dozen films with it, without a viewfinder but with amazingly good results with regard to area covered: I just stuck some colored masking tape in form of a V on the top of the M6 to indicate the horizontal limits which I figured out to be about 77° if the diagonal is 92°. Great for shots from the hip, and OK for shots using a tripod when you have lots of time. Do-it-yourself: remember those 'sports' viewfindedrs which were two aluminum frames, one to position your eye at the correct spot and the other an inch or two away to show the limits of the picture. Well they get difficult for 21 and 24 mm but you may want to give it a try in a cardbox version. Anyway, the 50 mm lens has almost exactly half the coverage of the 21mm, so you can use two 50 mm frames to show what a 21 mm would cover. - -- christer almqvist eichenstrasse 57, d-20255 hamburg, fon +49-40-407111 fax +49-40-4908440 14 rue de la hauteur, f-50590 regnéville-sur-mer, fon+fax +33-233 45 35 58