Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Today I was rummaging about in the "used" bins of a local camera >store, and came upon a near-mint shoe-mount brightline viewfinder. >It's a short cylinder, shaped very much like the classic Leica 50mm >viewfinder. It's black, with the brand name "TELESAR" is inscribed >in silver upper-case letters on the top of the finder, and a thin >silver line runs around the cylinder just above the tops of the >letters. > >The finder has two sets of yellow bright lines, each with close-up >marks just below the top. The front of the finder also reflects a >yellow color. The view is a bit reduced, and seems similar to my >.72x "M" viewfinders. The build quality seems very high. Sounds almost exactly like the auxiliary finder for my Yashica GSN cameras. http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/YashicaElectro35GSN.html With the wide adapter, the effective focal length is 37.7mm and the tele is 58.4mm. Karen -- Karen Nakamura http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/