Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom, The Russar finder, which if you have one, you'll know, has only one obvious point of entry - at the rear! The prospect od squeezing all the elements into the front of the finder from the small hole at the back puts me in mind of those boats in bottles, how do they do that?! I presume the front surround cap is held on with a pressure fit and maybe some glue too, but then you'd probably have a better idea than most of us anyway. Certainly I've tried to remove it (before now) and never been able to, it's certainly secure. Like you, the discrepancy between the Voigtlander (and Kyocera/Zeiss and Pasoptik/Avenar/Kobalux) and Leica finders does seem to be heavily weighted in financial favour of the orientals. Perhaps this an area for Leica to explore their methods of manufacturing, if they haven't already, and learn from them. I think we'd probably agree that the Leica finders have the best view (by a small margin) but at a strong price premium, very similar to the lenses then! Jem ========================= TTAbrahams@aol.com wrote: > I have a slight problem with Leica’ pricing of finders. I have the Heliar > 15, the Skopar 25 and a generic 35mm finder, and the total cost of these > three finders is less than what you would pay for a Leica 21 or 24 finder, > > If somebody could figure out how to dismantle the Roussar 20mm finder, it > should be possible to install an acetate mask in it, behind the front glass, > with lines giving the angle for both the 21 and 24 angles of view. > > Tom A