Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Christer, I like the Idea! please could you show me where/how you put the tapes on (edges of top plate angled out from back to front? Also, any guidelines about vertical coverage? Yours as as photographer, not a collector, Alistair - -----Original Message----- From: Christer Almqvist [mailto:chris@almqvist.net] Sent: Thursday, March 18, 1999 4:12 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Rangefinder/Superwide lens + Question I do not use the separate viewfinder for my 21 mm lens; it try to keep my equipment down to the barest minimum and to save a buck if I can. I have two grey self adhesive tapes, approx 1/4 inch wide, attached to the top of my M6 indicating the angle covered by the lens. Sometimes I just put out my arms at 90° to approximate what will be in the picture. 90° is really simple to do, but if you are not sure, just back up into the corner of a room and stretch your arms along the walls. And if you want to be absolutely exact about what will be on the negative, then remember that two 50 mm frames equal one 21mm frame. The top and bottom limits are more difficult to make out without the special viewfinder. However, the long side of the 35 mm limits are a good approximation for the short side of the 21mm Can somebody tell me if the coverage specified for the lenses (e.g. 92° for 21 mm) refers to the diagonal or to the coverage from straight left to straigt right? - -- christer almqvist eichenstrasse 57, d-20255 hamburg, fon +49-40-407111 fax +49-40-4908440 14 rue de la hauteur, f-50590 regnéville-sur-mer, fon+fax +33-233 45 35 58