Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 27, 2008, at 9:27 AM, Eduardo Albesi wrote: > Steve, > > - on the M8, a 21mm has a FOV about the same of a 28mm FOV on a 35mm > or FF camera > > - on the M8, the CV 15m has a FOV of a 21mm on a 35mm FF or camera > > - coincidentally, the border-to-border FOV of the M8 VF is roughly > equivalent to the FOV of a 28mm on a 35mm or FF , or a 21mm on said M8 > > The CV15 FOV is larger than the M8 VF FOV, then you need an external > 21mm VF to cover its FOV > > > CV= Cosina-Voigtl?nder > FF= Full Frame > FOV= Field of view > VF= Viewfinder > > oh boy we doctors do love acronyms, don't we? > :-) thanks Ed... sometime we should write together an e-mail, using both medical and photographic acronyms, that will tease the troops and make them gag... :-) Steve > > > ed a. > > > > > > El 27/03/2008, a las 13:05, Steve Barbour escribi?: > > a question here , as my logic becomes befuddled... > > > A 21mm lens on the M8 just about fills the M8 viewfinder... > > a CV heliar 15mm lens on the M8 is really a 21mm lens, and can be > used with a 21mm external viewfinder... > > so... can one also use the M8 viewfinder, as the viewfinder for a CV > 15mm lens...? > > > Why is this so difficult? > > (a yes or no answer is inadequate, without some logical > explanation... please) > > > thanks, Steve > > > > > > "I never wanted to be famous" > http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/186890 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 best, Steve kididdoc@cox.net "I never wanted to be famous" http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/186890