Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]<< Rich, thanks very much for putting the information up on you web site so quickly. it seems this thing a glorified diopter, the regular one's cost about 70 and this one is priced @ 225. wow. I guess the leica crowd is getting old and leica had to do something for the old faithful followers. Do you know if this changes the frame lines, for example the .72 will loose the 28 or any other side effect. >> It is my assumption that you would in fact lose the extreme brightlines in the finder. That is a guess at least. As far as the price, $229 sounds high today, but just last week rumors were that it would be $349... so I personally found the price to be right on target. I really don't know when something is "worth it" in the eyes of customers or not...however this is more than a diopter -with 4 elements and the ability to possibly save one from buying a second body. I can't think of a Leica accessory more "worth it" in this light. I have not even seen one in person yet so I can't say much to quality of manufacture or why it should or should cost that much in that sense. If the good 'ol plastic wide angle finders are any gauge, then these are reasonably priced by "Leica standards," no? Those are nearly junk and sell for $299 with high potential to need super glue on their feet in the future. I'm just glad that this do-hicky is made of metal and fits all M cameras. :-) cheers, Rich