Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I used to own one and I do not remember any problems with viewfinder - only that it was quite heavy and therefore it was left home often. I now have 4/135 Tele-Elmar which is handier and optically excellent. The viewfinder frame is small but usable. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Joe Stephens <joe@atchou.com> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 01. toukokuuta 2002 17:50 Aihe: [Leica] 135 MM Elmarit 2.8 from M6 TTL >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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html