Re: [Leica] Re: focussing the 28mm Elmarit-R

[Bud Cook <budcook@ibm.net>]

Doug,
Your example using K200 is about three stops dimmer than my example using
K25.  However, the SL/2 has a very bright viewfinder with a slightly blue
tint.  It might need to be checked out.
Bud

Doug Richardson wrote:

> Bud Cook <budcook@ibm.net> wrote:
>
> >I've been using the 28 Elmarit-R on an SL/2 w/split image viewfinder
> for 21
> >years.  I've never had a problem focusing this combination even in
> light so low
> >that the exposure was 1 second at f/2.8 w/K25.
>
> Interesting - having just used exactly that combo on vacation
> recently, I'd agree with the earlier posting - focussing is
> near-impossible in poor light, eg in a museum. At 1 sec/f2.8 with K200
> the image as seem through the finder is just too dim.
>
> However, I don't have very good eyesight (short-sight + heavy
> astigmatism) so it's possible that the problem lies with my eyes and
> not with the camera. Another possibility that my SL2 prism may need
> re-silvering - the image seen via an f2 50mm is about half the visual
> brightness of the 'real-world' (while on my other SL2 it's about 1/4
> brightness, and has a yellow tinge - definitely a candidate for
> re-silvering).
>
> However, I had the same problem with a Nikkorex in the mid-1960s - to
> me the SLR is a camera for outdoor use only.
>
> Regards,
>
> Doug Richardson