RE: [Leica] 35 w goggles on M6 (wasM6TTL desirable?)

[Edward Meyers <aghalide@panix.com>]

I don't know the old code name. The only code I remember is the
"Nooky". Ed

On Sat, 3 Oct 1998 Fantoni@PHIBRED.COM wrote:

> Ed,
> 
> is this the famous SBLOOI? I've played with it sometimes and it really seems
> to be brighter then the real scene. 
> The brightest finder I ever saw.
> Very pricey, though.
> 
> Ernesto
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edward Meyers [mailto:aghalide@panix.com]
> Sent: sabato 3 ottobre 1998 4.48
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] 35 w goggles on M6 (wasM6TTL desirable?)
> 
> 
> For the king of finders try the 50mm bright-line finder
> from E.Leitz, Wetzlar. One main advantage is that the image
> is life-size (1:1) which permits you to view with both
> eyes open. You actually see the subject in 3-D with the 
> bright line "floating" in the view. I use this often, even
> when using my M3 or M6. It was designed for the Screw-mount
> cameras which have tiny viewfinders. Don't know what these
> sell for used. I remember buying one when a student at
> RIT in Rochester, New York, at a camera store called
> "Le Beaux" or something similar, for about $15 new.
> That was a lot of money back in 1955. Got a number of them.
> Ed
> 
>