Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Somebody suggested that Leica might be readying a second version of the M6 body, pretty much unchanged except for a wideangle finder that would enable users of the 21 and 24mm lenses to see the whole frame without needing a separate finder. As a spectacle-wearer I personally could not use a 28mm lens with the current low-eyepoint Leica body without losing the corners of the frame - 35mm even is at the limits of what's possible. I love wideangle reportage and travel photography - at the moment my one and only lens is the 35 1.4 ASPH, and I would never want anything longer than this. I would certainly consider buying the 24 2.8 ASPH, but will not do so currently because I refuse to be slowed down by having to keep swapping from the normal viewfinder with its rangefinder to a separate finder for composition. Rather than a single-magnification finder like that of the current M6 I would ideally like to see a 'zooming' finder, such as that fitted to the Contax Gs and most zoom compacts (Leica included). If this could encompass everything from 21 to 135mm, that would be ideal, but if not a premium model that could alter its magnification in step with the focal lengths 21-24-28-35-50 would be just ideal.