Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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