Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Even if I didn't wear glasses (I do), I would get a 28mm finder with the .72 body. Even on a .58 body I find I have to move my eye from side to side to see everything. But it's doable. If you ever get the 28mm, the CV finders are nice and reasonably priced. Len On Jan 20, 2007, at 7:16 AM, Alex wrote: > Something that bothers me a bit, even though I only have single, > Summocron 50mm/2 (latest) lens that is obviously "glued" on my M6. > Anyway, sometimes I like to play with frame lines preview while > shooting just to check how the composiiton would look with other > then 50mm lens and I'm struck with 28mm frame lines. The vertical > lines can be barely visible simmultenously (I try to carefully > center my eye over the finder), whlist the side lines are totally > out of the view. In order to see them, I need some kind of eye- > acrobatics and even then only one-side line can be noticed at the > finder side boundaries, either left or right. > So I wonder how it can be possible to effectively use 28mm frames > on M6 Classic (0.72) with corresponding lens ? What are your > experiences ? > Do you just use entire field of view of the finder and accept the > fact of some additional > parts to get on the film that couldn't be seen in the finder ? > > Thanks, Alex > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information