Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 3:13 PM -0500 10/2/00, 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 I'm sorry, Emanuel, but that's not true. The percentage of intrusion into the framed image is exactly the same with all three finders. You might see more of your lens through the viewfinder on a .58, but the intrusion into any given framelines will be exactly the same with any magnification of viewfinder, given a similar accuracy of framing. The viewfinder is at exactly the same position relative to the lens in all three (or 4, counting the M3) different cameras, and your cone of vision is exactly the same for any framed view with a frameline of a given focal length. * Henning J. Wulff /|\ Wulff Photography & Design /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com