Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So why don't you get the Voightlander 24mm finder--1/2 the price--just as good. sl > Hi... > > I've posted a couple of messages, recently, but not really introduced > myself. I've been lurking for about a year, since getting my first M, and > I'd like to second the earlier comment about you guys all being a bunch of > sick bastards... and also add that I've found it contagious. > > I've been shooting a Voigtlander 21/4 for the last year, but on a recent > trip through the (many) churches of Florence I decided that it was a little > too slow and a little too wide for my needs... so I just became the proud > owner of a 24/2.8ASPH. > > I'm just a *little* offended at not getting a viewfinder in the package, > but what're ya' gonna do? The shop has both a 24mm finder and the 21-24-28 > finder, both for about the same price. Even comparing the two side-by- > side, I'm having a hard time choosing... I wear glasses, so the 24mm > finder is probably my first choice. The lack of brightlines in the zoom > finder has me a little confounded... especially with glasses, it's hard to > tell how much of the image is supposed to be in the shot. I tried to > compare it to the 24mm finder's brightlines, but I never could make the two > agree on what the shot would include. > > Since I've already got the 21, having a finder that'd do both does have its > appeal... on the other hand, I don't see myself carrying the 21/24 combo > very much, so I wouldn't be adverse to having two dedicated finders if the > straight 24 gives a better idea of the framing. Is anyone actually using > one of these zoom finders, and with what luck? I'd be particularly > interested in hearing from someone using one with glasses. > > Cheers, > jbm > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html