Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/25

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Subject: [Leica] Zorki and J-8 Industar 61 as "car camera"
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Sun Sep 25 21:17:01 2005

> 
> Don, you make a good point about the Kiev.  But I would have to see the
> viewfinder before I could tell if it will work for me.  I remember once
> looking through a Contax with glasses--if I recall correctly, I had the
> same problem as with the Zorki.
> 
> Does anybody in Seattle have a Kiev I could look through to confirm this?
> 
> OTOH, I remember looking through a Bessa R at Glazer's several years
> ago.  I *was* able to see the 35mm frame with glasses on those.  So maybe
> there's a used Bessa in my future.  We'll see. I'm sure there are many
> people on the Gulf coast who wish they had my problems.
> 
> Any further comments welcome.
> 
> --Peter
> 

I love using the finder with the 40 and plan on getting one for my 35.
Maybe even down the line also for my 50 and on up.
So many viewfinders. So little time.


Mark Rabiner
Photography
Portland Oregon
http://rabinergroup.com/





In reply to: Message from pklein at 2alpha.net (Peter Klein) ([Leica] Zorki and J-8 Industar 61 as "car camera")