Re: [Leica] which viewfinder for 24mm

["J. Gilbert Plantinga" <gilplant@hvc.rr.com>]

If you decide that you want the 24 grab one while you can - it's been 
discontinued.

Gilbert (who loves the 24 brightlines, hates the torpedo)

On Sunday, July 28, 2002, at 06:36  PM, Ben Madison wrote:

> Hi...
>
> I've posted a couple of messages, recently, but not really introduced
> myself.  I've been lurking for about a year, since getting my first M, 
> and
> I'd like to second the earlier comment about you guys all being a bunch 
> of
> sick bastards... and also add that I've found it contagious.
>
> I've been shooting a Voigtlander 21/4 for the last year, but on a recent
> trip through the (many) churches of Florence I decided that it was a 
> little
> too slow and a little too wide for my needs...  so I just became the 
> proud
> owner of a 24/2.8ASPH.
>
> I'm just a *little* offended at not getting a viewfinder in the package,
> but what're ya' gonna do?  The shop has both a 24mm finder and the 
> 21-24-28
> finder, both for about the same price.  Even comparing the two side-by-
> side, I'm having a hard time choosing...  I wear glasses, so the 24mm
> finder is probably my first choice.  The lack of brightlines in the zoom
> finder has me a little confounded...  especially with glasses, it's 
> hard to
> tell how much of the image is supposed to be in the shot.  I tried to
> compare it to the 24mm finder's brightlines, but I never could make the 
> two
> agree on what the shot would include.
>
> Since I've already got the 21, having a finder that'd do both does have 
> its
> appeal...  on the other hand, I don't see myself carrying the 21/24 
> combo
> very much, so I wouldn't be adverse to having two dedicated finders if 
> the
> straight 24 gives a better idea of the framing.  Is anyone actually 
> using
> one of these zoom finders, and with what luck?  I'd be particularly
> interested in hearing from someone using one with glasses.
>
> Cheers,
> jbm
>
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