Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:23 24/07/97 -0400, you wrote: >Dear Fellow LUGnuts, >As an experienced user of M Leicas and admittedly a new user of a Leicaflex >SL, I have a problem with the Leicaflex. Everytime I take a picture, the >viewfinder goes blank for just a split second then as if by magic the image >reappears. It is just like the effect when someone takes a picture on TV >and the viewer is looking through the camera. You never get to see the >exact picture you took. >I think I'll check my Leica catalogue to see if they sell a 50mm external >viewer I can slide on the hot shoe. Then I can focus through the lens and >meter and then shift my view through the external viewfinder so that the >image won't go blank when I take the picture. >I wonder why Leica didn't think of this? The relfex camera design is only >a poor imitation of the rangefinder ;-) >Richard I sometimes put a separate viewfinder in the hotshoe so I can see what is happening during short time exposures and some other weird stuff I do. And you can use Leica R lenses (with manual diaphragm operation) on a Novoflex adapter on an EOS RT body- the mirror doesn't move and there is no viewfinder blackout. Joe Berenbaum