Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Der Eiserne Reiter wrote: > List, > > having only used Bessa R and IIIc rangefinders before, I finally gave in > and bought an M, i.e. a used 65 M2. I have read that the M2 viewfinder > can be modified to an M6 viewfinder. Do NOT do that. > Does anybody have experience with > this and can you suggest somebody to do this conversion ? Solm did my M3 that way. Now I have the only M3 in the world destroyed by M6 rangefinder flare. Do not that that! (Unless you go for their new-fangled fix-the-m6-rangefinder-that-we-never-admitted-was-faulty version). The M2 viewfinder it great. Leave it that way. > Also, I really > am only interested in the additional 28mm frame. Since the M2 has .72 > magnification, it should be possible to have a 28mm view (about 3x the > 90mm frame) without the frame. Is this practical (The camera is still in > the mail) ? Roland, just pick up a Voigtl?nder 28 finder and put it on the top. They're great. Better than Leica's, I've heard. I use the 21mm and it's crystal clear and I have no problems with framing. http://www.dlridings.com/paw2005/4.html Daniel