Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Slobodan, Thanks for saying this. I have the CV 35 finder, as well as a Leitz 50, and, as a glasses-impaired Leica user, I have more trouble with the CV edges of the field than I do with the Leitz. I thought it was unique to my vision. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov@charter.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 3:49 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Usign 28mm frame on M6 ? > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >