Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just got an ALpex Zoom Finder in "new in box" condition from my cousin's antique store. Does anyone have any experience as to how accurate such a finder is? I setup my camera on my tripod and set the frame to 5 and compared it to the 50 frame in my body, there is a slight difference. The finder I have has settings in CM for 2.8, 3.5, 5, 7.5, 8.5, 9, 10.5 and 13.5 frames respectively. It also has a parallax adjustment at the foot with settings for 3, 6, 15 ft. and infinity. It's very bright and kind of gives more of an SLR feel to my M5 (other than focusing of course.) I don't imagine that I'll use it other than for lenses that are way out of spec for the standard frames in my M5 to begin with. If this finder is at all accurate, it was a good find compared to the Imarect Universal that I was going to look for. Carpe Luminem, (thanks to Bob for the Latin grammar correction. I was saying "Seize, O'Light"...how many of you were snickering?) Michael E. Berube http://www.goodphotos.com