Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The 0.85 finders WERE darker... but the .72 finders were much closer to the M3,,,,,.. try adding a 1.25 VF magnifier to a .72 and you get about what you get with a .85 VF. You lose about a stop by my estimates..... The M3 VF mechanism, as I understand it, was a totally different design and it was intrinsically brighter.... OTOH, this is always reported by people that have had a new M3 and now have a new M6 ( or whatever...) .. and no allowance was ever made for brain fade nor for older eyes. So the best we can now do is to compare the old M3 with a much newer M6-7-8-9... Frank Filippone red735i at earthlink.net On a Leica note, Hugh's M3 certainly has a better, brighter, and easier to focus finder than does my .85 M6.