Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Emanuel, The CLE, it must be remembered, does not engage the 28mm frame if a Leitz/Leica lens is inserted unless a little modification work is done to it first. It also doesn't have 35mm framelines, only 40. I'm sure Stephen Gandy's site would offer more pictorial explanations, but the 28mm frame is always up in the finder. The left hand side has no edge line but two small corners only, to the left of that is the vertical arrangement of shutter speeds, from 1000 at the top down to 2 (1/2). This list is some small distance to the left of where the left hand edge might be, but it's easy to imagine that it marks the left hand edge. The right hand side of the 28mm frame doesn't show corners but sides, along with the top and bottom too. 40 and 90mm frames are a little more straightforward, and symettrical too. The 40mm showing edges, the 90mm showing corners. In my book, the Leica's frame wins for clarity of display. The transparency of the viewing image (another type of clarity) is a close call, very similar to my 1986 M6 but I think that any (similarly old) CLE would have to be individually compared to any (new .58?) Leica-M. One or other may have absorbed more dust deposits than another. Certainly neither the CLE or my Leica-Ms appear as grey (to me) as the Konica Hexar's viewfinder, but I accept that others find this nothing to worry about. Jem - -----Original Message----- From: Emanuel Lowi [SMTP:mano@proxyma.net] After years of fiddling around with various mag. Leica M camera finders, I've come to the conclusion that, in practical use, the differences are mostly in viewing, not so much in focussing accuracy. So I'm wondering if anyone here has been able yet to compare side by side the new M6 .58 with the Minolta CLE, which also was .58x? I'm wondering about viewing clarity and quality of the framelines for 28 & 35. Emanuel Lowi Montreal