Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 24mm finders
From: "Mark Pope" <mark.teampope@ntlworld.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 12:50:07 +0100
References: <5.0.2.1.2.20011008000421.00a05330@pop.2alpha.net>

They have brightlines in the finder for the 21mm.

Regards

Mark Pope
Swindon, Wilts
UK

http://www.monomagic.co.uk
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From: "Peter Klein" <pklein@2alpha.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: 08 October 2001 08:25
Subject: Re: [Leica] 24mm finders


> (...the light suddenly dawns)
>
> Ah-HAH!!!!  I was wondering why I lost the rooftops of several cathedrals
> in Italy.  I thought it happened because I was shifting my eye up and down
> to compensate for wearing glasses and saw more than was actually
> there.  Now the plot thickens.
>
> Thanks for the heads-up, John.  I didn't realize the proportions of the
> finder were off.  I've been very pleased with the performance of the
> Voigtlander 25mm Skopar lens.  I don't use it very often, but needed, it
> comes in very handy.
>
> Just remember to frame a little looser, I guess.  Or perhaps I could
cobble
> up a Dr. Blacktape solution--a little strip at the top and bottom of the
> finder ought to do it.
>
> It's too bad Cosina didn't make the 25 finder with bright lines, but I
> suppose that would entail making the finder bigger and more expensive.
>
> --Peter
>
> >on 10/6/01 10:53 AM, tm at leicar8@earthlink.net wrote:
> > > I am using Voigtlander's 25mm lens' viewfinder with my Leica 24mm ASPH
and
> > > can't find fault with it at all.
> At 12:01 AM 10/07/2001 -0700 Johnny Deadman <john@pinkheadedbug.com>
revealed:
> >except that it isn't the right format!
> >it's too tall for its width!
> >
> >with the 25mm that means you chop people's heads off. With the 24mm it
may
> >mean you're tight at the sides I guess.
>
>
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