Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Grant, I pulled out my Blue Bessa T with 50mm viewfinder on it and peered through the rangefinder and then the viewfinder. In short, the rangefinder just covers a small circle (about the field of a 135 lens) in the middle of the viewfinder view and cannot be used as a substitute for the viewfinder. You will need to use a separate viewfinder - no doubt - to see the coverage of a 50mm lens. Maybe you should wait for a Bessa R2 if you want to buy a Bessa with bayonet mount and don't want to use a separate viewfinder. Cheers Howard. At 07:20 AM 3/7/02 -0800, you wrote: >Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 10:18:17 -0500 >From: "Grant Heffernan" <streetphoto1975@hotmail.com> >Subject: Re: [Leica] **Bessa-T w/Noctilux** > >No, actually they're not separate issues. I know that the RF on the Bessa-T >can accurately focus the Noct. >What I'm asking is whether or not the view through the rangefinder >approximates the field of view for a 50mm lens closely enough to let me get >away with not using an accessory viewfinder. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html