Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: Guy Bennett <guy.bennett@wanadoo.fr> Subject: RE: [Leica] 21mm, 24mm Viewfinder Question Message-ID: <v04011700b5b187359136@[193.250.171.116]> References: <01a401bffdcf$179d36e0$c71e0ccf@net> B. D, wrote that: >the current, black plastic, 21 finder is a piece of grossly overpriced crap for which >Leica should be eternally embarrassed while Guy Bennett <guy.bennett@wanadoo.fr> says it is >the apogee of 21 finders made of the finest materials available at a price everyone can afford, something for which the m user should be eternally grateful. Wow - I'd never thought of *any* Leica finder as being "at a price everyone can afford" I must admit that my metal 20mm finder was slightly more expensive than the Leica plastic one, but it did come complete with a 20mm f5.6 Russar lens. (In Venice last year I took a pic of St Mark's Square using the Russar; this year I'll repeat the shot with the Super-Angulon-R and see how they compare when projected.) The highest price I've ever paid for a finder (sans lens) was 140 UK pounds for a Carl Zeiss turret finder. At first I thought that was expensive, but it was buying me 28mm coverage whose whole frame I could see while wearing glasses, an 85mm frame for my f2 Jupiter, a better 135mm frame than that on my M6, plus a 35mm frame for my IIIg, so that worked out at a modest 35 UK pounds per focal length. Regards, Doug Richardson