Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/22

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica in film
From: "Lee, Ken" <ken.lee@hbc.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 15:45:03 -0500

Mark

So far, I only have a 135mm Hektor, but the new one is on my list.  I love
shooting with the HM and 135.  Being able to see the subject entering the
frame improves my keeper rate considerabley.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mark Rabiner [SMTP:mrabiner@concentric.net]
> Sent:	Monday, February 22, 1999 3:07 PM
> To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject:	Re: [Leica] Leica in film
> 
> "Martin V. Howard" wrote:
> > 
> > OLAF WILLOUGHBY wrote:
> > >
> > > [135mm framelines on an M6]
> > >
> snip
> > The advantage is that it will give you a lifesize image with brightlines
> > to compose with.  The disadvantage is that you will have to focus
> > through the RF and then shift to the accessory VF to compose.  OTOH,
> > I'm guessing that most game is going to be at "infinity" anyway, and
> > there is always the option of "zone-focussing", although this is
> > trickier with long focal lengths.
> > 
> > Alternatively, get an M3 as backup and stick the 135 on that! ;-)
> > 
> > M.
> > 
> > --
> I missed the beginning of this I think but I got a new 135 this week and
> have fond the framelines delightful. More fun than the curser on the
> computer screen to put it mildly. I have a regular M& .72. The
> difference on the .85 doesn't seem like much. The finder you are
> speaking of would be a nice thing to use one day perhaps. But I'm doing
> Ok now, can certainly see the edges with my big fat bifocals on.
> Mark Rabiner