Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Just to throw my worthless 0.02 cents....I have HK x0.85 magnifier (bought as a bundle with x1.25 one). Even though I do not own any wider then 50mm lens yet, I played with x0.85 one on my M6 willing to see how it will fare 28mm frame lines (I consider acquiring 28mm lens to round off my focal lenghts line-up). I'm an eyeglases wearer, but even though, I found 28mm lines are clearly observed with x0.85 one without much strain on my eyes. I would certainly consider it more then usable with as wide as 28mm lenses... Alex Frank Filippone wrote: >Hey, Frank..... sounds like getting the .8 magnifier is a waste of $$$? At >least this is what I read into your comments on visibility..... > >I think there is little disagreement over the useability of the 1.25 >magnifier.. it is the .8 that seems a bit harder to nail down.... > >Frank Filippone >red735i@earthlink.net > >OK, I just hauled out my sadly neglected M6. With my specs on and the >standard 0.72 viewfinder the 35mm frames are at the extremes of my >view without moving my eye around and also coincide with the extreme >edges of the viewfinder window, that is to say, outside the 35mm >framelines is black. I can only see the 28mm framelines by moving my >eye around and, depending on how the framelines are moved by the >parallax correction mechanism, the position of some framelines >extends beyond the extreme edges of the viewfinder window, that is to >say, what I see through the viewfinder is less than that bounded by >the 28mm framelines. > >With the 0.85 magnifier fitted nothing effectively changes for me. >The view has slight barrel distortion and, perhaps because the device >pushes the eye another 6mm or so further from the viewfinder, what I >see is exactly as described above but a bit smaller. The 35mm >framelines are still all I can see without moving my eye. >Frank > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >