Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am not a big fan of examining lenses and cameras under microscopes. I have bought several new lenses this year and never once did I bother looking at anything but the negatives. If the negatives look like s*** then there is a problem. I personally do not care if some Leica engineer accidentally put his ant farm in there as long as the negatives look good (and I do not have to feed the ants). The 0.85x finder has a different optical design form the 0.58x finder. The 0.58x is "brighter" and possibly "clearer" too. This is a result of the different magnifications not as a result of quality differences in construction. Have you tried looking through the finder as if you were going to take pictures? If it looks good, then it is good. The finders were not designed to be looked through backwards though they forgot to mention this in the manual. I use mine the correct way and have had no problems. Having said all that I am not a big fan of the 0.85x and the 0.72x is in all my cameras. It is slightly "brighter" (and possibly "clearer"), I prefer the wider view and I have no problems focusing my 90/2AA wide open. Sorry for the rant but Leicas are cameras not objet d'art. It you want art go to a art gallery! John Collier - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html