Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/07

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Subject: [Leica] leica viewfinder magnifier 1.4 on M9
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:06:55 +1030
References: <EF02631D-8951-47E2-9A2F-79AF9359F6EC@gmail.com> <53E90096-E8CF-4433-99C2-787D7B08F9AE@mac.com> <ee8fa51c0911062235v66bbe7f2o11d72b30ff2adb3b@mail.gmail.com> <F65BA02A-D2BE-437E-BF87-A2ECB9E660D9@gmail.com>

And when you nail the focus, it really helps.  M9, Noctilux @ f1:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Randomness/malena+july+09.jpg.html
M9, Summilux 75 @ f1.4:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Randomness/niamh+oct+09+2.jpg.html

First one seems to have been mislabelled in my normal batch processing
- I think it was from October, if that matters.

M


On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 1:22 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> 
wrote:
>
> On Nov 6, 2009, at 10:35 PM, Marty Deveney wrote:
>
>> I found the same thing - the 1.4 magnifier made the 0.68 finder much
>> more usable in decent light with the 1.0 Noctilux and 75 Summilux.
>> But in low or very low light it made the viewfinder dimmer and less
>> contrasty that it was a moot addition - with the exception of the
>> frameline size in the finder.
>
> entirely agree Marty,
>
> I don't think I've gotten to the point of ultimate dimness, but yes that 
> may
> be limiting, though as Ted says, if you can see it, you can shoot it, now
> better, and I am not sure what I could see where the viewfinder would be
> limiting, certainly very rare for me,
>
> so it will be fine for almost all of my shooting practices,
>
> thank you, Steve
>
>
>>
>> Marty
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Hugh Thompson <hewthompson at mac.com> 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Steve - very successful. ?Did not make much impression on Tikwa however
>>> ....... what a lovely animal he is.
>>>
>>> Hugh
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7-Nov-09, at 2:23 AM, Steve Barbour wrote:
>>>
>>>> Trying the Leica viewfinder magnifier 1.4 on the M9 with the Noctilux
>>>> and
>>>> the Summilux 75mm 1.4, wide open...
>>>
>>>
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