Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/08

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: M3 viewfinder limitations
From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith45@bellsouth.net>
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 17:39:25 -0600

Ken,

Leica makes some tri-finders, don't they? Would they (or anyone else) have a
24/28/35 finder?

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Ken Wilcox
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 5:17 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Re: M3 viewfinder limitations
>
>
> The widest framelines are 50mm. Some say the full finder is about 35mm.
> Goggled 35mm lenses compress the view into the 50mm lines.
>
> Don't condemn the separate finders until you have tried the Leica BL
> finders. They are nice and bright and the ones 35mm and up give a
> life size
> view.
>
> Ken Wilcox
>
> At 05:36 PM 02/08/2002, you wrote:
>
>
> >What is the scope of view of the M3's viewfinder? That is, what is the
> >widest lens that can be used on the M3 without having to resort to an
> >external viewfinder?
> >
> >Jeffery Smith
> >New Orleans, LA
> >
> >
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