Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Using the Elmarit-M 24 without aux finder
From: jsaravia@zeus.uniandes.edu.co
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 21:50:40 -0500 (GMT+5)

At 03:59 PM 11/05/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>At 12:26 PM 5/11/99 -0700, you 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.
>>

I have used the 24 with no finder for a while. After some rolls of film I
have to say that it may work some times but not always, What i have been
doing is 'seeing' the frame with my eyes before  using the m6 finder to
focus.  The main problem I have found is the way I see, I know the eyes can
cover an angle similar to the 24 coverage but to actually 'see'  the whole
thing I have  to move the eyes (and loosing the sense of the 'virtual'
frame)  , so what I am really 'seeing'  is the central spot of the 24 mm
frame (the spot is like what I get with a 85 mm lens), so it is really easy
to get shots with a lot of empty space. I said once that I could learn to
see what the 24 mm will put on the 35 mm film, I have to say that it is not
easy at all. When I use the finder I donīt have to move my eyes to see the
whole thing so I could have a clear idea of what the 35mm negative will
have. My conclusion: I will get the 24 mm finder.

Jorge Saravia