Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Would it be feasible for Leica or Tom A. to produce an optical mask for the >21mm finder to be used as a 24mm unit? Perhaps, owners of 21mm finders in >metal or plastic housing would then be more willing to spring for the 24mm >asph lens . > >regards, Andrew Jordan Andrew, I'm copying this earlier post to you in re your question. I don't know about the accuracy of this, as no-one else has alluded to this when talking about the Leica 21mm/24mm finders. If true, it might be the way to go (I'm still mulling over whether to get a 21mm or a 24mm lens for my M6, and I'm thinking, I could get the finder and then see which view suits me...). AUSTiN. >From: m037iu00@cwcom.net >Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 09:14:19 +0100 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Alternate 21/24 finders >Sender: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Precedence: bulk >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > >Andrew, >Viewfinders aren't easy to find for trials. >The cheapest wide finders are the Soviet 20mm (around 50-100 UKP) or the >Avenon/Kobalux/Pasoptik 21mm (around 75-100 UKP). The Zeiss/Contax are >dearer. >There are no 24mm finders other than Leica, Canon and Nikon made 25mm >finders but they are v. expensive and colectible. >I'd reccomend getting a 24mm Leitz finder, this has the 24mm lines >etched onto the 21mm field of view so it's suitable for both. Finders >keep their value well, so even if you had to sell it you wouldn't lose >much. Sadly s/h ones are also v./ rare because they're pretty new >(relatively). > >best of Leitz, > >Jem >===================== > >Moore,Andrew wrote: > >> I've heard many LUGgers talk about the difficulty in choosing >> between a 21 or a 24mm lens, and now that I'm considering >> something wider than my 35, I'm faced with the same problem. >> >> Don't touch those flamethrowers yet: I'm not asking the LUG >> which lens I should buy :) >> >> I'd like to help myself make that decision by mounting a 21 or >> 24mm viewfinder on the camera's hot shoe, without actually >> mounting one of those lenses, so I can simply "preview" the >> field of view in my everyday shooting (usually 35 or 50mm). >> The "right" lens choice should be obvious to me after a while >> (even if it takes months, that's fine). >> >> Can anyone recommend a cheap viewfinder? Since I might >> like to upgrade to a Bright Line finder when I settle on a >> focal length, I don't want to get something *too* nice. If it were >> a 21, I could even etch the 24 lines into the same finder. >> >> Any do-it-yourself finder ideas are welcome, too. >> >> Andrew >> no archive