Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/14

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Subject: [Leica] M8 killed the 135?
From: manolito at videotron.ca (EPL)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:17:34 -0400
 
Jim Laird wrote:

"How come the M8/.2 doesn't have framelines for the 135? At its
stated 1.33 lens factor the 135 would be a 180, one of my favorite
focal lengths."

If you'll use the Leitz Canada Elmarit-M 135/2.8, its goggles will magnify
the M8 finder's 90mm framelines, = 180/2.8.

Emanuel