Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah, but aren't your framelines smaller? Emanuel Lowi wrote: > While focussing accuracy with the .72 & .58 finders may be accurate (enough) with the > 50/1, 75/1.4 or 90/2 lenses, a oft-forgotten reality is that with such large lenses, > the lower mag. finders also exaggerate the problem of lens intrusion into the > viewfinder. The higher mag. finders (M3, .85) by nature show less of this problem. > > If you use these faster/bigger lenses, especially with their shades, you will see > somewhere between 10-20% more of your framed in-camera image by using the higher mag. > body. I stubbornly stick to the notion that photography begins with getting a good > look at what you are shooting before pressing the shutter release. > > Emanuel Lowi > Montreal