Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Is that complexity required to make the finder work on both the film and digital Ms? I must confess to getting a bit lost on this "equivalents" thing. Every time I feel like I'm about to grasp it, it slips away again. Maybe I'll get it straight when I actually hold an M7 and an M8 with the same lens. Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/f/Passing-Fancies On Sep 15, 2006, at 3:49 AM, Tom Schofield wrote: > Or perhaps it is a noble effort at a complex arrangement that not > only zooms to three focal lengths, but can compensate for parallax > at any focusing distance for each focal length. I for one am no > good at framing accurately at close distances with a 21 relying on > the parallax marks on the brightline finder. Some of the old RFs > had a pin that came up out of the body behind the accessory shoe to > tilt the accessory finder to compensate parallax. > > Tom Schofield > > On Sep 14, 2006, at 10:50 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > >> At 3:28 PM +1000 9/15/06, G Hopkinson wrote: >>> Mark the specs and brochure are released, at least to user forum >>> members. I guess they must be in wide circulation by now. >>> It does look yummy. Its Dimensions and weight >>> Length to bayonet flange approx. 63mm >>> Largest diameter approx. 55mm >>> Weight approx. 350g >>> For us metric folks. >>> >>> But you are going to have to buy the horrendously complex and >>> expensive super finder thingie to go with it. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Hoppy >> >> Or the big stupid tri-finder sold previously. Or a 21 and 28 CV >> finder (optional 25 finder if you don't want to guess) if you tend >> to stick to one focal length for a while. >> >> Boy that new finder is a lump. They must have looked at the Xpan >> finder for the 30 and said "we can design something worse than >> that!". Success!!! >> >> -- >> * Henning J. Wulff >> /|\ Wulff Photography & Design >> /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com >> |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information