Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/31

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Subject: [Leica] Auxiliary VF on the M3?
From: marcsmall at comcast.net (Marc James Small)
Date: Fri Oct 31 08:14:16 2008
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At 02:17 AM 10/31/2008, Frank Filippone wrote:
 >I agree with the improvement using the 1.25 ( I do not have a 1.4, but
 >believe it will work as well....)
 >
 >However, the 1.4 costs as much as almost any other manufacturer's SLR 50mm
 >lens.... !
 >
 >I guess glass is glass at Leica...

Frank

I would have to do the math to be certain, but I 
believe that you still get a better effective RF 
baseline with an LTM camera than with even an M3 
with these klutzy add-ons.  No miniature-format 
RF camera came close to having the extraordinary 
effective base-line of the Kodak Ektra.  The CZJ 
Werra is another with an exceptional reach.

A Contax II remains a grand instrument for the 
taking of pictures, albeit I shouldn't say that on a Leica List!

Marc


msmall@aya.yale.edu
Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!



In reply to: Message from amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak) ([Leica] ... and Some Thoughts on the M3)
Message from photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Philip Forrest) ([Leica] ... and Some Thoughts on the M3)
Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] ... and Some Thoughts on the M3)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] ... and Some Thoughts on the M3)