Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Bud, I know this is a matter of taste but for this left eyed, glasses wearing user, I love my M6HM with the 75, 90 & 135. My Classic wears either a 35 or 50. The extra frame lines don't bother me and I prefer the M6 loading, meter and viewfinder to the M3 DS I traded in on my HM. It's nice to be able to use the 35 on the HM in a pinch and I wanted the 75mm framelines. Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: Bud Cook [SMTP:budcook@ibm.net] > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 9:11 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Your favorite lens update > > I wonder if the favor for 35mm focal lengths with M cameras has to do with > the low magnification, cluttered viewfinder of the later M's like the > M4-P/M6. > > Compared to an M3, these viewfinders aren't (IMHO) much good for focal > lengths longer than 35. > > There is also the question of film. Do people who shoot mostly slides > still > favor the 35? Not me, too much extraneous content. W/slides, I'd call > 75/80 normal focal lengths. > > Bud >