Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Greetings, I also wear glasses about 99% of the time, own a M6 TTL .72 and have no trouble viewing the 35mm frame lines. Moreover, I second Bern re: the difficulty of viewing the 28mm frame lines in the .72 and because of that I rarely use the 28mm notch on the 3E. If you find that want to go wider than 35mm for most of your shooting you may want to pay serious attention to the .58. But I suppose I state the obvious. ;-). Happy hunting. Frank On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 15:21:16 -0700 (PDT) Bern DelGado <evilboy1964@yahoo.com> wrote: > I wear glasses, but in the .72 M6, I can see > the 35mm > frames fine. Its the 28mm that gets tuff. > In my M6 .85, the 35frames are hard to get a > hold of. > > Incidentally, I got that body to retire my M3. > No > luck. When I turn it to shoot a vertical in > lowlite, > bam, the 50mm frames wink out. And I wish the > frames > were twice as thick, more like the M3. > -B > > > > > ------------------------- > Date: Thu, 24 Oct > 2002 > 10:24:51 -0700 (PDT) > From: Peter Klein > > Subject: [Leica] > .58x or > .72x? > Message-ID: > > > References: > > I'd like a little > advice > about viewfinder magnification. > > I usually wear > contact > lenses, sometimes standard bifocal glasses. > With contacts, I > can see > the entire 35mm frame on a .72x Leica M. With > glasses, I can't. > > I'm seriously > contemplating the purchase of a new M. This > would be > a > *very* long-term > purchase, so I'm thinking ahead. I am 48 years > old. > There might come a > time > when I can no longer wear contacts. And I > sometimes like to > give a > my eyes a rest from the contacts on weekends. > > So I've got the > following > choices: > > 1. Buy .72x. > Live with > the loss of 35mm framelines when wearing > glasses. If > some day > I can't wear contacts any more, sell the .72x > and buy a > .58x. > > 2. Buy .72x. Also > buy a > 35mm brightline finder, use it when wearing > glasses. > > 3. Buy .58x. Use > my > Leica 1.25x magnifier on it when wearing > contacts, take > it off > when wearing glasses. > > When I've tried a > .58x > Leica (or the .6x Hexar) in a store, I've > disliked them. > While it > was nice to see the 35mm lines with glasses, > the VF image > seemed too > small and squinty and less easy to focus. > Getting a .58x > also means > that I'd lose the use of the 1.25x magnifier > to give me a .9x > viewfinder with a 90mm lens. And I'd have to > have > the > magnifier on my > camera > much of the time to give me .72. > > The order in which > I most > use my lenses is 50, 35, 90. The order in > which I *like* my > lenses > is 50, 90, 35. I tend toward candid > available-light > "people > pictures." > > I realize no one > can make > this decision for me. But I don't have a > .58x > M to shoot with > for a > month to really see how it would go. So I'd > like > to hear from > anyone else > who has considered .72 vs. .58x. > > Thanks, > - --Peter Klein > Seattle, WA > > > ===== > "They misunderestimated me." > -'W' > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web > site > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > "The law, like sausage, is best not seen made." -- Unknown - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html