Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:46 PM 10-05-98 -0700, you wrote: >> > >> >Are there any M bodies that have a finder frame wider than 28mm? >> > >> >Francesco Sanfilippo, >> >> Technically, the answer is no. However, since there is a bit of extra >> coverage builtin to the frames, especially at infinity, you *may* be able >> to approximate the 24mm view with the 28mm frames, >> >> Dan C. > >It's the other way around. At infinity the 28mm frame shows *less* than >what's covered by the 28mm lens and much less than what's covered by a 24mm >lens. The Leica viewfinder is designed so that anything you see in the >apropriate viefinder will be on the film, and at far distances more than >what the viewfinder indicates will be on the film. > > I think this is what I meant. At far distances, what you see in the 28mm viewfinder is *less* than what will appear on the film. Or putting it the other way, *more* will appear on the film than what is visible. My point was that *possibly*, the *more* may corresond to what the 24mm lens may put onto the film. Dan C.