Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 .58 or .72
From: "Jim Laurel" <jplaurel@nwlink.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 11:51:45 -0800
References: <007e01c282a3$293da0a0$046fa8c0@griffinisland>

When the .58 was first introduced, I throught "great, surely they must have
put 24m framelines in it".  Well, no such luck.  But it does make it
possible for eyeglass wearers to actually see the 28mm framelines.  While I
don't wear corrective lenses, the .58x viewfinder is very useful when
working with a 28mm with sunglasses.  Downside is that I find focusing with
this low mag version pretty difficult.

If you don't wear glasses, the .72 is still the best all-rounder.

- --Jim

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Lew Schwartz" <lew@clsystems.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 11:07 AM
Subject: [Leica] M6 .58 or .72


> I'm shopping for my first M6 (must have 28mm framelines), but I
> don't understand why anyone would choose the .58 finder which stops at
> 90 and has less magnification over the .72, larger image plus the 135 (
> not that I need the 135, I basically never use anything longer than
> 90mm) lines kind of "for free."
> So, what's the idea behind the .58?

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