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

[Dennis Painter <dwp@deltanet.com>]

The 50mm Leitz bright line finder is SBOOI, its life size, you can
easily have both eyes open when looking through it. Its as good as an
auxillary finder can be.

The 35mm Leitz bright line finder is SBLOO, not life size but also as
good as an auxillary finder can be.  In good condition they go for at
least $300, often more.  At that price you would think Leitz would bring
them back into production!


Dennis


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