Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually Hoppy, you set the finder for the focal lenght of the lens you are attaching, as Tom alluded to several posts ago. Gene -------------- Original message from "G Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>: -------------- > And the quoted price for lens and universal wide angle finder is 3,500 > Euro. > Actually when you read the spec more carefully, that finder will display 5 > frames (all singly), being 16, 18, 21, 24 & 28. Since > there's no interface with the camera (except for a mounting foot) I guess > you > need to remember which to select on the M7 etc or M8. > > So for M8: > with the new Tri-Elmar you set 16, 18 or 21 but you actually get 21, 24 or > 28 > effectively. > If you fit the current 21 you'd need to set 28. For the 24, 28 and up you > use > the camera's finder. > > For the M7 and earlier, you can use 16, 18 or 21 as 16, 18, or 21 > For the current 21, 24 and 28 you can set 21, 24, or 28 > For 28 (.72 & lower) and up you can use the camera finder. > > My brain hurts, I need to lie down now. > > Cheers Hoppy > 51 this year or 68 effective with crop factor. > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > grduprey@mchsi.com > Sent: Saturday, 16 September 2006 13:41 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: RE: [Leica] Tri Elmar M 16-18-21 mm F4 ASPH lens > > The Leica web site has all the info on it also. Considering the cost of > the > Zeiss single/double lens finders compared to the tri > finder from Leica, can't be that bad. And then it is the only finder you > would > need. > > Gene > > > -------------- Original message from "G Hopkinson" : > -------------- > > > > Mark the specs and brochure are released, at least to user forum > > members. I > > guess they must be in wide circulation by now. > > It does look yummy. Its Dimensions and weight > > Length to bayonet flange approx. 63mm > > Largest diameter approx. 55mm > > Weight approx. 350g > > For us metric folks. > > > > But you are going to have to buy the horrendously complex and expensive > > super > > finder thingie to go with it. > > > > Cheers > > Hoppy > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org > > [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf > > Of > > Mark Rabiner > > Sent: Friday, 15 September 2006 10:44 > > To: lug@leica-users.org > > Subject: [Leica] Tri Elmar M 16-18-21 mm F4 ASPH lens > > > > http://www.dpreview.com/articles/leicam8/ > > !!!!!!!~!!!!! > > > > I'm not seeing any mention of this mouth watering hot little volcano of > > an > > item as part of the dpreview article on the M8. I wonder if anyone > > bothered > > turning the page!!!?!. > > I think we're all to busy playing with our DSLR's to bother with what's > > happening with Leica. > > > > On your M8 it becomes an 21-24-28 mm. > > > > Film M users might clamor for a 21-24-28 mm. Putting it mildly. > > Could get them to learn to love the digital revolution. > > To go with their 16-18-21 mm which has revolutionized their Leica film > > shooting. > > Not that THAT would NOT also revolutionize their film shooting. > > As they've promised it covers a whole hunk of 24x36mm flim. > > > > But sooner or later it will be interesting and I think it will be after > > another year that Leica makes a lens optimized for the 1.33 "format". > > With advantages in the compactness end as well as the quality of the > > other > > end as its an optic designed around a much smaller image circle. And can > > thus be made to produce a higher quality image in that area. > > Smaller the circle the higher the resolution and so on are going to be. > > Some of us may not know that. Glass which covers medium format as in > > 6x6cm > > do not have the rez in a 24x36 area tat a lens designed for that format > > has. > > And its obvious a medium format lens is nowhere near as compact as > > lenses > > made for 35. > > > > I've been loving using my 55-200mm F/4-5.6G ED AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor lens. > > Featherweight and incredibly compact. > > Its an 80-300 which looks like a 105 2.5 or 80 or smaller. > > Especially if you leave the lens shade off. > > The guy across the street would have no idea you were getting a tight > > headshot of his Pomeranian. > > > > Or Shih Tzu. > > > > Or Brussels Griffon. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark Rabiner > > > > 40°46'58.65"N 73°49'31.68"W > > Whitestone NY 11357 > > > > http://rabinergroup.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information