Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] .58 vierwfinder
From: "Tom Schofield" <tdschofield@email.msn.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:40:13 -0800
References: <B68BAD5F.4748%howard.390@osu.edu>

FWIW, I kinda like having those extra lines in there to help align with
horizontal/vertical lines.  And, couldn't you approximate the 24mm by over
crowding the 28mm lines?  You needn't flame me, but there really isn't that
great of a difference in angular view between them!

Tom

> >
> I doubt very, very much that there are any 135mm framelines in the .58 VF.
> Having a 24mm and 35mm frames at the same time would be no more
distracting
> -- and no more stupid -- than having the 50mm and 75mm framelines in the
> same view.
>
> I checked Leica's homepage (anyone know why it was designed for myopics or
> those with a 320x240 screen?) and they state that the framelines for the
.58
> are: 28/90, 50/75, and a single 35mm frame.

In reply to: Message from Martin Howard <howard.390@osu.edu> (Re: [Leica] .58 vierwfinder)