Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/20

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Subject: [Leica] Re: The wonderful??? Imarect...
From: Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 11:34:42 -0400 (EDT)

Wow, do we disagree on this one. The Imarect has only two things going for
it. It is usable (barely) at 35mm and it is dirt cheap (don't you wonder
why?) It is also too big and fiddly. Give me the Leica BL (especially the
35, 90, and 135) anytime and I remain happy.

Ken Wilcox

>I have recently purchased a scruffy but mechanically decent imarect
>variable focal length finder.  IT IS WONDERFUL!  I highly recommend it
>for people who,like myself, love the M viewfinder, but wish it more
>accurately represented the actualy image area.  Also, it shows a more
>realistic 35mm "perspective" than the standard viewfinder.
>
>I was amazed how easy these are to take apart and clean...Mine looked
>pretty murky, but after cleaning looks terrific!  For 50.00 BUCKS!!
>
>Anybody else find this thing usefull?  I also like being able to view
>what is very close to an SLR "looking" image as an alternative.
>
>Too bad they aren't still available new..
>
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