Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I've used the 24 wide open a fair amount and, as reported in this forum >before, have no complaints at all. Optically, mechanically, it's a 10. >Maybe Erwin will chime in, but I've done 16x20 enlargements from negs sh= ot >at 2.8 at 1/30 and get crisp shots. Biggest problems are holding the camera >still (which grossly affects results, as you know) and depth of field >which, even with a 24, is limited wide-open. My biggest problem with the= 24 >is the finder (which is a pain) and the competition the 24 has with my 3= 5 >1.4 ASPH. > >David W. Almy >Annapolis, Maryland >Hello David, = >I am interested in this lens as one of my next "M" acquisitions. One of = >the things I am curious about, is to what extent it can be used without = >the finder? Have you tried? >Federico, >Argentina Federico, = You can use the 24 without the finder, but...you have to look outside the= 28mm frame lines by moving your eye all around the finder to, eventually,= approximate the 24's angle of view. Kinda inelegant as a solution. In short, the viewfinder options all are workable but less than optimum. DWA