Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the suggestion, Peter, I will see if I can find the Nikon magnifier. Presumably it magnifies the image so that the 90mm frame fills most of the viewfinder, which would be just fine, since I would only use that beast on the rare occasion when I want to mount the 90mm on my R2 (I have no problem getting accurate focus with my 50mm Summilux on the R2). As for LTM cameras, yes, I had a IIIf once, but in the end decided that while they are beautiful and there is something attractive about walking around with a 60 or 70 year-old camera, it is just too much bother to actually use on an everyday basis. Nathan Peter Klein wrote: > Nathan: The short base of the Bessa RF is going to fail you up close and > wide open on a 90/2. Here's something you might try. The Bessa R(2) is > based on an SLR body that Cosina made in several guises for Nikon, Olympus > and ???. Nikon made a 2.5x focusing magnifier for the F80. It fits > the R2. It might help, just as the 1.25x Leica magnifier does. Although > it magnifies too much to see the entire image. > > See: > http://www.topica.com/lists/CosVoigtUser/read/message.html?mid=1606791990 > > Incidentally, an old LTM body with an 85 or 90mm bright-line finder is > actually a great theatrical camera. The RF is magnified 1.5x, giving you > an adequate effective baselength, and things look bigger and therefore > easier to focus on. The separate RF/Viewfinder isn't so much of an issue > when you're shooting a stage. Unfortunately, you can't use the 90 Apo on > a screwmount body. > > --Peter Klein > Seattle, WA > - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html