Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/08/01

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Subject: [Leica] Best Solution for M10 Viewfinder Maginfication
From: dennis.leicam6 at gmail.com (Dennis Kushner)
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 04:42:09 -0400
References: <9AE85EF2-ED60-4007-AB65-7C71419C78D8@f3documentaryphotography.com> <331013A8-DB51-4C9B-B6BF-462C6ED6B9DA@f3documentaryphotography.com> <BDBD6A25-6C6E-4540-821B-C81FB95D2321@gmail.com>

Leica makes a step ring for the M finders for the M10. Call a Leica dealer
for the part #.

On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 1:12 AM Sonny Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> I found the best solution to all this is to give up on m cameras.   I
> hated to, but the time came that getting focus was taking too much away
> from the pleasure of photography.  What?s more, the insult of the so called
> visoflex solution left over from cheap Olympus point and shoots to get live
> view, added to the reason I changed.  For thirty years I was faithful, but
> my head got turned.   There?s still art in working with a fine auto focus
> lens.
>
>  ;-)
>
>
>
> Sonny Carter
> http://www.SonC.com/look
>
>
> > On Jul 31, 2018, at 11:09 PM, Frank Farmer <
> frank at f3documentaryphotography.com> wrote:
> >
> > This is my first and last bump to try and get an answer to the question
> lodged below.
> >
> > Thanks, team!
> >
> > Frank F. Farmer
> > Jackson, Mississippi
> >
> >> On Jul 29, 2018, at 3:36 PM, Frank Farmer <
> frank at f3documentaryphotography.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Team,
> >>
> >> I was annoyed to learn that the M10 does not accept the older screw-in
> viewfinder magnifiers (1.25x and 1.4x). As my aging eyes don?t achieve
> tack-sharpe focus with a M camera and a wide-open 90 Summicron like they
> did when I was in my 20s, I feel I need some help.
> >>
> >> Here are my questions:
> >>
> >> 1) How does the Leica viewfinder thread adaptor work? I looked for a
> video on the subject with no luck.
> >>
> >> 2) Is the viewfinder thread adaptor bulky? Cumbersome? Does is
> otherwise hinder the viewfinder when not using a screw-in accessory? Does
> one leave it in all the time?
> >>
> >> 3) Are the two lines of questions, supra, obviated by the newer
> Visoflex? In other words, does the Visoflex allow magnified focusing like
> using live view on the M10 such that the viewfinder magnifiers are not
> necessary?
> >>
> >> Please advise.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >>
> >> Frank F. Farmer
> >> Jackson, Mississippi
> >>
> >>
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Replies: Reply from dennis.leicam6 at gmail.com (Dennis Kushner) ([Leica] Best Solution for M10 Viewfinder Maginfication)
In reply to: Message from frank at f3documentaryphotography.com (Frank Farmer) ([Leica] Best Solution for M10 Viewfinder Maginfication)
Message from frank at f3documentaryphotography.com (Frank Farmer) ([Leica] Best Solution for M10 Viewfinder Maginfication)
Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] Best Solution for M10 Viewfinder Maginfication)