Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/29

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica Brightline 21 Finder
From: "B. D. Colen" <BDColen@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 10:28:00 -0400

The brightline X, if I'm not mistaken, is the focusing point for the G2
autofocus... Not that that's relevant when used with an M

- -----Original Message-----
From:	owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Charles Dunlap
Sent:	Sunday, June 28, 1998 7:04 PM
To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject:	RE: [Leica] Leica Brightline 21 Finder

>I must confess to having used my Contax finder on my M6.  However, I do
feel
>better having a Leica finder on it.
>
>Tom Shea
>
>Tom - Why?

Perhaps because the Leica finder is so bright and contrasty. I looked at
them in the store recently compared to the Contax finder and the Leica one
was smaller, brighter, and distorted the image less. It also provides
framelines set inside of the edge of the viewfinder image. They don't let
you see much outside of the framed area, but they give a little more
positive feedback than the Contax finder in which, I assume, everything in
view is in the picture. For some reason the Contax finder has a brightline
X in the middle of the viewfinder. This doesn't seem to be of much use.

- -Charlie