[Leica] RE: THANKS! From Dr. Blacktape and B.D.

[Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>]

BD,

I use the full viewfinder for my 24 when in "snapshot" mode. I use the aux
finder when careful framing is necessary.

Jim

At 12:53 PM 8/27/99 +0000, you wrote:
>Thanks, Ted..I should have known..Actually though, I'll presume on your
>patience a moment longer...The Nocti is a bit too much for me...so if it's a
>matter of the two wides or a wide and the 75, I take it your feeling is that
>the 21 is basically unnecessary and the 24 more practical? If that's the
>case, are you one of those who holds that you can use the 24 by just using
>the full viewfinder, rather than the auxiliary?
>
>Thanks again...
>
>B. D.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Henry
>Ambrose
>Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 2:27 AM
>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>Subject: Re: [Leica] THANKS! From Dr. Blacktape and B.D.
>
>
>
>>Suppose you already had a 35 1.4 and a 90 f.2...You could add either a 21
>>ASPH and a 24ASPH....a 21 ASPH, or a 24ASPH, AND a 75 Summilux. You shoot
>>virutally all b&w...all available light...all people, much of it in tight
>>surroundings,....which would you chose and why? (I have used a 21
>>extensively, love it, do get enormous use out of it, but find it a bit
>>extreme at times. I have owned a Nikon 24 and used it extensively, but
>found
>>at time it wasn't quite wide enough...Which means, do I go for the two
>>wides, and say to hell with the 75? Or do I add that fabulous 75 with it's
>>extra stop, and settle on one super wide?...Help Me Before The Insurance
>>Check Comes!
>>
>>B. D.
>>
>24 and Noctilux (this wasn't one of your choices but what the heck  :)
>
>Heal quickly and well
>
>Henry
>