Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joe: I have a 135 Elmarit also. The addition of "eyes" to the Elmarit and to a lesser extent the various goggled 35mm lenses does indeed reduce the contrast in the finder, as well as making it somewhat dimmer. There is more glass to look through and more glass to air surfaces, thus lower contrast. with the 135 you are also preading the light over a larger area, the 90mm frames and thus making it dimmer. You have to decide for yourself if the normal M 135 area is too small. Just use your preview lever to do this. I like the enlarged view with the Elmarit, but I used an old Hector for many years and did OK with that too. As for the case--throw it away. ken Wilcox At 10:36 AM -0500 5/1/02, Joe Stephens wrote: >I just got a 135 MM Elmarit from Don Chatterton >(great service, by the way). I am running a test >roll through it now. Obviously a key >factor is how the test roll turns out. > >I guess I am a little bothered by the viewfinder >and rangefinder - it doesn't have the snap >of the "native" view, without the "bug-eyes". > >Also, it is a bit harder to focus with the rangefinder > - it doesn't seem to have the contrast. > >Another problem is you can't put it on unless you >unsnap the neverready case. > >My question is this. > >Does a more modern 135 MM that couples without the >bug-eyes present a snappier view, or are the >bright-lines so small that it makes it hard to >frame and focus? > >I have a .72 viewfinder. > >Don indicated that I was using a magnified >90 MM view and that that was desirable over the >much smaller 135 MM brightlines. > >This lens was about 1/3 the price of a F3.4 APO >135 MM lens. > >Any comments? >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- _____________________ Ken Wilcox klw.51 at comcast.net - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html