Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:26 PM 5/11/99 -0700, you wrote: >Among those of you using this lens regularly, do all of you use the >auxiliary finder? Do you find it's possible to squint around the edges of >the 28mm frame in the .72x and gauge the 24mm frame accurately? Though it >would have to be an acquired skill to know the 24mm framing instictively, >the 28mm framelines would move as you focus, giving an approximation of the >parallax error. > >--Jim Jim - I know there are a few folks out there who swear you don't need a finder with the 24...well...as one who lusts after the 24, I have to say "Bullhooey!"..I find that as a glasses wearer even using the 35 is less than ideal in that I have to shift my eye from side to side to get the frame lines in...it's one thing if you're using a tripod and shooting landscapes, but if you're doing anything that involves living people, not having a separate viewfinder would have to be a pain. I think. B. D.