Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Part # 24001 for the step ring Don't have price info On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 4:42 AM Dennis Kushner <dennis.leicam6 at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Leica Users Group. >> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >