Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/15

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Subject: [Leica] Tri Elmar M 16-18-21 mm F4 ASPH lens
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Fri Sep 15 04:52:04 2006
References: <000101c6d887$c5791830$6501a8c0@asus930> <p0623091ac12feed3d438@[10.1.16.144]> <EF432414-8938-4AAE-8A16-ED4EB6843F26@comcast.net>

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
>>
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In reply to: Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] Tri Elmar M 16-18-21 mm F4 ASPH lens)
Message from henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff) ([Leica] Tri Elmar M 16-18-21 mm F4 ASPH lens)
Message from leicaluvr at comcast.net (Tom Schofield) ([Leica] Tri Elmar M 16-18-21 mm F4 ASPH lens)