Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 16/9/00 3:59 AM, Paul Chefurka at Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com wrote: > I think Erwin may be right - the combo of the .58, the motor, the 28 > Summicron, and the new Tri-Elmar might be one of the world's great > travel/editorial kits. I've got a serious lech going for the whole kit and > kaboodle. > > BTW, there's be no point putting pop-up 21 or 24mm frame lines in a Leica at > the moment - the lenses wouldn't activate them. The best they could do for > wider lenses might be to put in a permanent 24mm frame line. But as I > understand it, that's not the point of the .58 - it's the "high-eyepoint" > Leica everyone's been yelling for. Of course when Konica did it, everyone > complained that it made the effective baselength too short. I bet it'll get > lots of praise now that Leica's done it, though. > > Paul The 24/2.8 ASPH. activates the 35/135mm frame lines of the M6 0.72 and 0.85. With the new M6 TTL 0.58, I would imagine Leica could have made the camera in such a way that the 24/35mm pair be activated by the 24/2.8 ASPH. I have black-tapped the frame lines window of my Hexar RF and I get a rather uncluttered 24mm view. I suppose I will be able to do the same with the M6 0.58. Joseph