Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry, that's understood regarding looking down a drink straw to compose. Part of the charm of the RF! I'd hate to try to earn a living photographing sport that way. That's what all of those monster teles are for on DSLRs. Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Lawrence Zeitlin Sent: Sunday, 30 July 2006 05:15 To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Re: 135 lens viewfinder magnifier On Jul 29, 2006, at 2:24 PM,Don wrote: >> As the proud owner of a new to you 135 lens I would suggest that you >> pick >> up >> an eyepiece magnifier. Leica makes a good one and their is one >> available >> in >> the Japanese market that offers more magnification and diopter >> correction >> to >> boot. Benefits, makes the 135 frameline more like a 50mm FOV, >> increases >> RF >> accuracy especially at the difficult to judge mid distances where you >> don't >> see detail in the viewfinder but dof is still critical if you are >> using >> apertures wider than F8. Downsides would mainly be reduced eye >> relief and >> a >> decrease in viewfinder brightness. My M3 with its .92 viewfinder magnification has sufficient RF accuracy to focus my 135 mm f3.5 Canon lens without difficulty. I would think that Hoppy's M6 viewfinder with its .85 magnification would be sufficient to focus a slightly smaller aperture 135 mm Elmar adequately. Unless you want to shoot flower pictures up close with the 135, I don't see much of a problem. Both cameras will focus the 135 mm lens equally well at infinity. ;-) However, with either camera the 135 mm finder frame is so small that it is difficult to compose a picture. It's more like aiming a small bore rifle. It's OK for sports where you can see the action coming into the center of the frame but not much good for anything else. The sad fact is that the RF Leica is not really suitable for lenses much longer than 90 mm. I've finessed the frame field issue by buying a Russian Contax clone adjustable accessory viewfinder. This magnifies the image so that it is actually useable. It's a pain to have to move my eye from the camera viewfinder/rangefinder to the finder. It actually would be easier to do it on a IIIf. But I guess that's what SLRs are for. Larry Z _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information