Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a 200mm finder for my Telyt lens. It is only a viewfinder. I have to set the distance without the benefit of a rangefinder unless, I use a seperate rangefinder some of which fit on a camera accessory shoe. The viewfinder is clear and easy to use. Roland Smith roland@dnai.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: <crispinv@uclink4.berkeley.edu> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 7:22 PM Subject: [Leica] finder for 200mm Telyt (SFTOO) > > Ok, so i know nothing about telephoto lenses for my leica IIIa-- the > ones that are so long that they cant be rangefinder coupled because the > rangefinder base isnt long enough to be accurate enough, and which, even > > if they were, still cover too wide a range to do macros. The vague > story i heard, and never really paid attention too, is that ya needed to > > stick some huge visoflex unit on the front that made your camera into a > clunky SLR in order to focus correctly with lenses longer than 135 > (except for the Komura 200mm, which isn't sitting arround on dealers > shelves anymore). But I've been finding the 135mm lens a bit too short > for some aplications. So, browsing around web sites for one of > these visoflex units in screwmount (which, looking about were > made but now are all dissapeared) i come upon the (gotta love early > Leica acronyms) SFTOO, which claims to be a direct finder for the 200mm > Telyt (which was the lens i was thining of getting my hands on). So: Is > > is a viewfinder, just for framing the picture, or is it a focusing > device, whereby adjusting it until one's subject is in focus, and then > transfering these settings to the lens, the correct focus setting can be > > determined? Bascialy, I want to use a 200mm lens on my IIIa without > sticking a huge extra bit on (like the visoflex system), while not > having > to totaly rely on scale focusing (a bad bad idea). It doesnt hafta be > perfect, just better than what i can do in my head. Does the leitz > direct finder fit the bill? > > Thanks, > Crispin > >