[Leica] Summarons-with-eyes query

[corkflor at iol.ie (Alex Hurst)]

Stan asked:

>If you mount one of these on an M2, what happens in the VF? I assume 
>it calls up the 50mm frame, as I believe it does on the M3. Would I 
>then see the proper 35mm field of view via the eyes? I realize that 
>the non-eyes Summarons are the better match with an M2, but I was 
>just wondering.

Same as on the M3 - you get the 50 frame, and the goggle optics give 
you a 35mm field of view through that frame.

I have one of these for the M3, but rarely use it as I also have a 
couple of M2s. The 35/1.4 Summilux (early) sits almost permanently on 
one, and on the 'beater' I have the proper M2 35/3.5 Summaron without 
eyes which brings up the 35 frame in the v/f. IMHO the goggles are a 
compromise: there's nothing to beat the full 35mm frame of a good M2 
v/f.

Best

Alex
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