Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'll second Ken's sentiment about anything being better than an Imarect (except perhaps the VIDOM, where the image was reversed left to right), and like him I have no experience with the Alpex. But I have been pretty happy with a Russian turret finder for my IIIf. Apart from looking clunky (but my teenage daughter thinks it's funky) and being pretty large, it magnifies or minifies the image to fit a marked screen, doesn't have to be taken off and replaced when changing lenses, and cost only a fraction of the price of a single bright line finder from Leitz. (I think 3 used Leitz bright line finders would cost about the same as the IIIf, 35 Jupiter, 90 Elmar and 135 Hektor, with which they would be used, combined.) If you're looking for a single finder solution for multiple lenses, and for some reason the Alpex doesn't do it for you, take a look at one of these. Cheers, Kip Ken Wilcox wrote: > I don't have any experience with the Alpex, but it MUST be better than an > imarect. Everything is better than an imarect! My suggestion-forget > multifinders and buy bright lines for any focal length you need. They ARE > worth the cost. > > Ken Wilcox > > At 2:00 -0400 7/21/0, a fine scholar, M.E.Berube - GoodPhotos wrote: > > >I just got an ALpex Zoom Finder in "new in box" condition from my cousin's > >antique store. > >Does anyone have any experience as to how accurate such a finder is?