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 don't have any experience with the Alpex, but it MUST be better than an imarect. Everything is better than an imarect! My suggestion-forget multifinders and buy bright lines for any focal length you need. They ARE worth the cost. Ken Wilcox At 2:00 -0400 7/21/0, a fine scholar, M.E.Berube - GoodPhotos wrote: >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 - ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits preferred---> <wilcox@tir.com> <kwilcox@gfn.org>