Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Marc, the Ektra has a wide physical base but the detail of the design is poor and it is unlikely to remain in calibration for long, also the adjustment method was crude, either filing down a finger, or making it longer by squashing it with pliers. Most of the canera i rather like, though the design would be expensive to make. Frank --- On Fri, 31/10/08, Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net> wrote: > From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@comcast.net> > Subject: [Leica] Auxiliary VF on the M3? > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Friday, 31 October, 2008, 6:26 AM > 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! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information