[Leica] Best Solution for M10 Viewfinder Magnification

[Howard Cummer]

Morning Frank,
I think the new visoflex is an adequate, if expensive, answer to your questions. I have it and with a Leica lens attached to the M10 when you start
to move the focus ring the magnification kicks in and the resolution of the finder (2.4Mp) is sufficient to get the eye lashes or whatever in sharp focus. Once I started to use the new visoflex my focus accuracy did improve, at least with 75 year old eyes over the rangefinder precision, especially close up and wide open. As Sonny says maybe your answer is to get a Sony with an adapter. Or a Fuji XT 2.
Cheers
Howard

Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 23:09:23 -0500
From: Frank Farmer <frank at f3documentaryphotography.com <mailto:frank at f3documentaryphotography.com>>
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org <mailto:lug at leica-users.org>>
Subject: Re: [Leica] Best Solution for M10 Viewfinder Maginfication

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 <mailto: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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