[Leica] M2 questions

[ferider at yahoo.com (Der Eiserne Reiter)]

Thanks a lot, Feli and Didier. Just the information that I wanted.
I will be happy to use the full viewfinder for 28mm shooting, without
modifying anything. I usually don't care about parallax for the 28mm pictures
that I take. Cann't wait to hold the camera in my hands ...

Roland.

--- Feli <feli2@earthlink.net> wrote:

> It can be done, but here are a few points you may want to consider.
> 
> a) it's an expensive modification, running a good $350 dollars.
> 
> b) It's borderline blasphemy, since the M2 has one of the best 
> viewfinders
> Leica ever made. It doesn't flare and has the more accurate, larger 
> frame
> lines (they got smaller from the M6 on)
> 
> c) The field of view of a 28 basically fills the entire viewfinder. 
> That's how people
> used to shoot a 28 in the pre M4-p/M6 days and it works very well. If 
> you take a
> look at the 28 framelines on a M6, that's what you will notice. They 
> are so close to
> the edge of the viewport, that you can almost not see them.
> 
> So, in short I don't think it's a terribly practical modification. It's 
> not a cheap to do and you
> will be destroying a really nice piece of gear. Can you sell the camera 
> and get an M6,
> instead? Try shooting the 28, by framing with the whole viewfinder.
> 
> 
> feli
> 
> On Feb 3, 2005, at 8:18 AM, Der Eiserne Reiter wrote:
> 
> > List,
> > having only used Bessa R and IIIc rangefinders before, I finally gave 
> > in and bought an M, i.e. a
> > used 65 M2. I have read that the M2 viewfinder can be modified to an 
> > M6 viewfinder. Does anybody
> > have experience with this and can you suggest somebody to do this 
> > conversion ? Also, I really am
> > only interested in the additional 28mm frame. Since the M2 has .72 
> > magnification, it should be
> > possible to have a 28mm view (about 3x the 90mm frame) without the 
> > frame. Is this practical (The
> > camera is still in the mail) ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Roland Ruehl.
> 
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FeRider (R.)


                
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