[Leica] more on the GF-1, specifically the finder

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

> Dick,
> 
> Did you specifically choose the 35mm Voightlander finder over the 40mm
> model, or did you just have a 35mm copy already?
> 
> I see on the Cameraquest site that the available 35mm finder is metal and
> the 40mm is plastic.  Any thoughts there?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Chuck 
> 
> 
> On 1/11/10 12:03 PM, "Richard Taylor" <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> Steve - Right.  GF-1, 20mm pancake lens, 35mm Voightlander optical finder,
>> single point autofocus only.  Use it like a rangefinder camera:  put the
>> desired focus point in the center of the optical finder, half press the
>> shutter, wait for the lens to go zzzzttt, reframe and shoot.  I find that
>> this
>> process is at least as accurate on average in dim light as an M 
>> rangefinder
>> and about twice as fast.  The optical finder is from Cameraquest.
>> 
>> I use my Leica lenses on the G-1, manually focus and frame in the finder,
>> look
>> above the camera to shoot in any kind of dynamic situation.  My favorite
>> lenses on the G-1 are the 28 Summicron and 50 Summicron, though since I 
>> got
>> the GF-1 and 20mm lens, the G-1 has been sitting in a drawer.  With f2.0
>> lenses I generally don't bother with the focus magnifier.
>> 
>> Regards, 
>> 
>> Dick
> 
You'll see them referred to on the lists, the LUG at least usually as :
CV
Cosina Voigtl?nder
To help differentiate against the old stuff; the real Voigtl?nder.
And other reasons; ways of thinking of it.


Mark William Rabiner