Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The voigtlander finders are really bad, with extremely bad distortion that made them worthless to me and I had one with a tilt problem too. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 4/14/12 7:59 AM, "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: >This really p*ssed me off. I am going to buy a Voigtlander finder: >http://www.richardmanphoto.com/blog/?p=3634 > > > >On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 4:33 AM, Richard Man ><richard at richardmanphoto.com>wrote: > >> So I emailed the Zeiss support about the obvious tilt on my 25mm >>viewfinder >> *http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20120412-L1010049.jpg >> >> *I lined up the horizontal framelines with a horizontal line and that's >> the picture I get. Needless to say, the framelines on the M9 is >>accurate. >> >> I even tested it with the 15mm Zeiss VF I have currently and it is fine, >> and there wasn't an issue like that with my older 25mm VF and even the >>21mm >> VF. >> >> **** >> Anyway, the Zeiss support basically says, "too bad, the Zeiss VF is not >> designed to be used with the M9. The VF is not defective, it sucks to be >> you." (not direct quote because I am not suppose to copy and paste >> "confidential conversation." >> >> ???! >> >> Arrgfgggghghhhh >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >> >> >> > > >-- >// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information