Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't wear glasses and it seems to work for me... Jim At 10:52 PM 5/11/99 +0200, you wrote: >Jim, > >I cannot imagine using this lens without the finder. I believe that part of the >rationale for having a wide angle lens like this is to include, well, a wide >angle of coverage in your picture. This means that what happens around the >edges is fairly important to your composition, and without the finder you >effectively lose that view. I once forgot to take the finder along on a trip >and was not at all happy with the resulting slides. > >I wear glasses; if you don't you may have better luck. > >Nathan > >Jim Laurel wrote: > >> Among those of you using this lens regularly, do all of you use the >> auxiliary finder? Do you find it's possible to squint around the edges of >> the 28mm frame in the .72x and gauge the 24mm frame accurately? Though it >> would have to be an acquired skill to know the 24mm framing instictively, >> the 28mm framelines would move as you focus, giving an approximation of the >> parallax error. >> >> --Jim > > > >-- >Nathan Wajsman >Overijse, Belgium >General photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator >Belgium photo page: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman > > > >