Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have both finders. The 40 mm is slightly offset, is not exactly over the lens, and prevents the flash from deploying. At least in the one I have, the metal 35 mm Voightlander finder is a very close match of the 40mm effective field so view of the camera. That makes it a better choice to me. Regards, Dick On Jan 11, 2010, at 1:41 PM, Chuck DeSantis wrote: > Dick, > > Did you specifically choose the 35mm Voightlander finder over the 40mm > model, or did you just have a 35mm copy already? > > I see on the Cameraquest site that the available 35mm finder is metal and > the 40mm is plastic. Any thoughts there? > > Thanks! > > Chuck > > > On 1/11/10 12:03 PM, "Richard Taylor" <r.s.taylor at comcast.net> wrote: > >> Steve - Right. GF-1, 20mm pancake lens, 35mm Voightlander optical finder, >> single point autofocus only. Use it like a rangefinder camera: put the >> desired focus point in the center of the optical finder, half press the >> shutter, wait for the lens to go zzzzttt, reframe and shoot. I find that >> this >> process is at least as accurate on average in dim light as an M >> rangefinder >> and about twice as fast. The optical finder is from Cameraquest. >> >> I use my Leica lenses on the G-1, manually focus and frame in the finder, >> look >> above the camera to shoot in any kind of dynamic situation. My favorite >> lenses on the G-1 are the 28 Summicron and 50 Summicron, though since I >> got >> the GF-1 and 20mm lens, the G-1 has been sitting in a drawer. With f2.0 >> lenses I generally don't bother with the focus magnifier. >> >> Regards, >> >> Dick > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information