Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They have brightlines in the finder for the 21mm. Regards Mark Pope Swindon, Wilts UK http://www.monomagic.co.uk - ----- Original Message ----- 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. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html