Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I haven't any difficulties with the M6's 135mm frameline, but I do crop a fair amount in the darkroom. I can see how the frameline would give problems to others. And I have a fair amount of experience with the 135mm focal length, as this is one of my favorites: I shoot a good deal with the Tele-Elmar. (The f/2.8 Elmarit IS a horse, though it is a fine lens optically.) Why not get an auxiliary viewfinder? The IMARECT probably wouldn't help a lot, as that would still have you back to the small image size. But what about a magnifying VF like the TEWE or Zeiss models? Or the Astro-Berlin model: these tend to be cheap as, being made in East Germany, they were made with rather junky aluminium finishes which look schlocky. But they are okay optically. The Russians also make a copy of the Prewar Zeiss 28-135 magnifying VF: nice optics, now coated, and flipped so that it matches the optical axis of the Leica. Plus they're pretty cheap: with case they generally sell for $100 or so. Best, Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!