Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Roland Smith has recently been asking about viewfinders for use with a 400mm lens on a LTM rangefinder. I offered a suggestion that he try a 135mm viewfinder with the frame masked off to show a 400mm view. I decided to try it myself, so cobbled together a Nikor 200mm/f4 with a 7 element 2x converter on a Nikon/LTM adapter, and mounted it on a FED 3a rangefinder with a 135mm Canon viewfinder. The camera already had half a roll of 200 speed color print film in it, so I just took it on my daily walk. I was a little surprised at the usability of the combination, and pleased with the results. Please remember that the lens and converter do not make the sharpest of glass combinations and that I was handholding a 400mm. The film was 200 speed and the camera limited to 1/500 top speed. Also I did not mask off the viewfinder for a 400mm view, I just centered the subject in the 135mm frame. http://www.leica-gallery.net/connet/image-60437.html http://www.leica-gallery.net/connet/image-60436.html http://www.leica-gallery.net/connet/image-60435.html Take a look. Regards, Paul Connet - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html