Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just bought a 24/2.8-M and have been using the outside edge of my M6 classic finder instead of buying the incredibly expensive optional finder. It seems to match so I'm happy. Jim At 10:16 PM 12/20/98 -0800, you wrote: >[Nigel wrote] > >>If you consider the entire finder (beyond the 35 framelines) >>it is basically what the 28 frames show in an M6. > >Nigel, > >I have often used the outer edge of my M2 viewfinder to frame my 28mm shots >when I was too lazy or too pressed for time to dig out my 28mm viewer. It >has always seemed to work quite well, but I never have found anyone who even >used that shortcut much less any one who might tell me how close that ad hoc >"frame" is to what is actually framed by the lens. They "look" quite the >same. Do you know what the actual difference is? > >--Gib >