Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/15

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Question About Viewfinder for 24mm M lens
From: "Logan Reinwood" <reinwood007@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 13:40:00 -0000

> > Has anyone explored whether it is feasible to just forget about the
> > external viewfinder and use the built-in viewing frame for 24mm?  If I
> > did that and just assumed the whole viewing frame roughly reflected a
> > 24mm view, how far off would I be?
>
>When I had my 24 (I was one of those fools who sold it :) this is exactly
>what I did.  It worked quite well.  Much of the time I would shoot without
>viewfinding anyway, which I found relatively easy to do with the 24
>(moreso than with the 28).  But when I needed to see the frame, the
>entire built-in finder was okay, though not horribly accurate.
>
>I suggest you try it without the external viewfinder first.  You can
>always buy the finder afterwards.
>
and buy the voigtlander 25mm viewfinder (95-97% 25mm coverage) for a lot 
less :-)

Logan.
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