Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The CV finders have issues with their width angle. One still has to 'hunt' around to see the sides. I've had number of them, and wearing glasses, I found them not as forgiving as the Leica finders. On the Leizt/Leica individual finders, on the other hand, even eyeglass wearers can still the whole of the frame lines. Slobodan Dimitrov http://www.sdimitrovphoto.com/ On Jan 20, 2007, at 12:28 PM, Michiel Fokkema wrote: > Hi, > > Even for me without glasses the 28 frames are not easy to see. I > just take the whole frame. > You can consider the 0.58 Leica or even better the coming V/C Bessa > with the wide vf. > > Best regards, > > Michiel Fokkema > > Alex wrote: >> Thank you all responding, yes, I do wear glasses and perhasp this >> is indeed a part of the problem, though...xmm...a good excuse to >> go a spectacles-removing (sight-correction) eye surgery I'm >> planning on within a year or two.... ;-) . >> Chances in some foreseeable future I'll pick a wide angle to >> broaden up my RF coverage and 28mm is a natural WA for me, but >> then I'll indeed will consider a dedictaed 28mm finder (CV's)... >> BTW, 35mm frames look indeed the most natural in M6 (and I guess >> in most other Leica bodies) - wide yet easily discernable - just >> enough to occupy most of the readily visiable 0.72 finder space, >> and this is probably the important aspect of this focal length to >> gain such populatiry among Leica M shooters, but I feel it's too >> close with my 50mm in coveragewhile 28mm seems to eb spaced wide >> enough for me. >> Best, Alex >> Leonard Taupier wrote: >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- > Best regards, > > Michiel Fokkema > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information