Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David Keenan wrote:
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>My plans to buy one of the new Tri-Elmar lenses is now on indefinite hold.
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>Buying a small camera, adding a relatively small, super-versatile lens, and
>then have to put a small -- and pretty ugly -- house on top of the camera to
>use the lens is difficult to accept.
David,
The new finder is too huge and I predict it will be major disincentive for
buyers of the new wide angle Tri-Elmar.
If using the new Tri-Elmar with the M8, you can use the much more compact
current finder 21-24-28mm. This gives the exact angle of view for the
16-18-21mm Tri-Elmar on the M8.
But this solution does not work for the M film bodies. You could use
separate finders for the focal lengths 16mm (Contax available) and 21mm
(Leica, Voigtlander, Zeiss Ikon, Contax available) but I do not know of an
18mm finder.
Colin
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