Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:23 PM 7/24/97 -0400, you wrote: >Dear Fellow LUGnuts, > >As an experienced user of M Leicas and admittedly a new user of a Leicaflex >SL, I have a problem with the Leicaflex. Everytime I take a picture, the >viewfinder goes blank for just a split second then as if by magic the image >reappears. It is just like the effect when someone takes a picture on TV >and the viewer is looking through the camera. You never get to see the >exact picture you took. > >I think I'll check my Leica catalogue to see if they sell a 50mm external >viewer I can slide on the hot shoe. Then I can focus through the lens and >meter and then shift my view through the external viewfinder so that the >image won't go blank when I take the picture. > >I wonder why Leica didn't think of this? The relfex camera design is only >a poor imitation of the rangefinder ;-) > >Richard Yes... but can you view the ACTUAL depth-of-field (see your Bokeh) on the rangefinder (poor imitation of the reflex) design? Jim