Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I can just barely see the 35mm frame with the 0.72. Of course, I have a 6-diopter myopic vision problem, and bifocals to boot. Phil - ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Collier" <jbcollier@shaw.ca> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 4:07 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] 24mm viewing on a 0.72x?? > A great deal depends on the shape of your face and if you wear glasses. > This determines how close your eye gets to the finder and therefore the > angle of view you are able to see. From my own (and other's) > experience, I would say no. You will have a significant amount extra on > your negs. If you can live with that, fine. > > The 0.58x finder alone, however, does work quite well. Please see this > comparison between frameline/negative coverage of the 90mm and 35mm > lenses as compared to the finder edge/negative coverage with the 24mm > lens: > > http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=003vlm > > John Collier > > On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 01:25 PM, Mark J. Rosen wrote: > > > Greetings all. I have a question regarding use of the 24mm elmarit > > lens > > with an M6 ttl .72. I was wondering if the full view through the .72 > > finder > > is approximately the coverage of the 24mm. I see that the 28mm > > brightlines > > leave some room in the finder outside its edges, which I thought may > > well be > > close to what the 24mm gives. After spending a fortune for the 24mm, I > > don't want to have spend another fortune on the finder if I can live > > without > > it. Thanks for any info. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html