Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Separate non-wideangle viewfinders
From: tedgrant@islandnet.com (Ted Grant)
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 07:37:58 +0100
 
Martin Howard wrote:

>Since it sits in the acessory shoe, it can get knocked off, lost and
>trampled upon, right?
>
>Help me out here: I just don't "geddit".  Are they just quirky pieces
>of Leica history, or is there a practical use to the practising Leica
>photographer for these devices?


Martin,

I believe you answered your own question:

"  Are they just quirky pieces of Leica history,?"

In the "olden days" the Leica had only the 50mm viewfinder so if you
changed lenses it didn't change in the viewfinder and the "viewfinder"
accessory was necessary.

And I guess there are some folks out there in LUG world who still use them
on older Leica's. I have one myself for a couple "older than me, almost"
machines.

At the moment they just look pretty. :)

ted