Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 135mm Elmarit-M
From: "Bud Cook" <budcook@ibm.net>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 20:22:13 -0600

It's normal for the 90 frame to be displayed with this lens.  You are still
seeing the same 18 degree view for the 135mm but with a higher magnification
than would be normal with the M4-P or M6 finders.   This is a big advantage
with the low magnification finders of later M bodies.

Bud Cook
- -----Original Message-----
From: Fred Whitlock <afc@cl-sys.com>
To: Leica List <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Friday, January 02, 1998 7:46 PM
Subject: [Leica] 135mm Elmarit-M


>Greetings.  New subscriber.  Photographer for 32 years with several camera
>systems including Leica.  I'm currently using an M6, M4-P and several Leica
>M lenses.  My question.  I recently acquired the 135mm Elmarit-M with
>goggles.  When I mount it to the M4-P, as an example, it brings up the 90mm
>bright lines but appears to display a frame similar to the 135mm frame in
>the viewfinder when the lens is removed.  I assume this is normal and that
>I'm getting a reasonable facsimile of the film's view.  I have found the
>lens to include somewhat more on the chrome than I expected based upon the
>viewfinder information.  It focuses accurately.  Should I simply remove the
>goggles?  Won't I then get the 90mm viewfinder frame when it's mounted?
>Thanks.
>
>Fred
>Maplewood Photography
>http://www.maplewoodphoto.com
>