Re: [Leica] 0.58 angle of view

[S Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net>]

Hi Tom:

I looked through a .58 last week, and frankly I didn't like the finder.
It impressed me as being a bit toy-like. The view had an uncomfortable
curvature, I don't know if it's the finder combination with my eyesight
giving me that effect, or if it's a manufacturing design. If it's their
design, then I'm not impressed, and while it's something I would
tolerate from a brand-X product maker,  I really find it hard to accept
from Leitz.
By the way, that thing about taping the briteline window came in handy.
While I'm waiting for my 35'cron to arrive I've been using a 40'cron. I
use the .72 finder window with glasses, without mashing my face against
the camera it approximates a 40 view. Without any brightlines it makes
for a very clean field of view. That light little lens is perfect for walkabouts.
I used that setup, among others, to cover a rally today at a federal
bldg. in LA, the one mentioned in the Wall Street Journal, that diary of
the American Nightmare, and it worked like a charm.

Best,
 Slobodan Dimitrov



TTAbrahams@aol.com wrote:
> 
>  I really like the 0,58 and now have two of them! One is more or less
> permanently attached to the 35/2 Asph and the other is my 24/25 and 28
> camera. The 24/25 lenses can be used without the finders on this model. Even
> with glasses you can estimate the coverage quite well. Just use the edges of
> the viewfinder as a guide and figure out that if you can see it, it's on the
> neg! The 0,58 really shines with the 35 though. It works very well with the
> 25/4 Snapshot Skopar too. Loaded up 0,58 #2 today with TX and 28/2,8 Ricoh
> and it is a remarkably small and compact package. I am awaiting my 28/1,9
> Voigtlander Asph later this month or early March. I have tried it before and
> I like it better than the 28/2, mainly due to the less intruding hood and the
> better ergonomics of the barrel. I tried the pre-production version at
> Photokina and according to Voigtlander it has been reconfigured for even
> higher performance in the latest version. I think it is officially due for
> release around March 15.
> Tom A