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Subject: [Leica] CV 15mm lens on M8
From: eduardoalbesi at ciudad.com.ar (Eduardo Albesi)
Date: Fri Mar 28 04:48:45 2008
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LOL

ed a.




El 27/03/2008, a las 16:43, Steve Barbour escribi?:


On Mar 27, 2008, at 9:27 AM, Eduardo Albesi wrote:
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> - on the M8, a 21mm has a FOV about the same of a 28mm FOV on a  
> 35mm or FF camera
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> - on the M8, the CV 15m has a FOV of a 21mm on a 35mm FF or camera
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> - coincidentally, the border-to-border FOV of the M8 VF is roughly  
> equivalent to the FOV of a 28mm on a 35mm or FF , or a 21mm on said M8
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> The CV15 FOV is larger than the M8 VF FOV, then you need an  
> external 21mm VF to cover its FOV
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> CV= Cosina-Voigtl?nder
> FF= Full Frame
> FOV= Field of view
> VF= Viewfinder
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> oh boy we doctors do love acronyms, don't we?
> :-)


thanks Ed... sometime we should write together an e-mail, using both  
medical and photographic acronyms,

that will tease the troops and make them gag...

:-)
Steve
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> El 27/03/2008, a las 13:05, Steve Barbour escribi?:
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> a question here , as my logic becomes  befuddled...
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> A 21mm lens on the M8 just about fills the M8 viewfinder...
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> a CV heliar 15mm lens on the M8 is really a 21mm lens, and can be  
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> so... can one also use the M8 viewfinder, as the viewfinder for a  
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> Why is this so difficult?
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> (a yes or no answer is inadequate, without some logical  
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> thanks, Steve
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best,
Steve

kididdoc@cox.net


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In reply to: Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] CV 15mm lens on M8)
Message from eduardoalbesi at ciudad.com.ar (Eduardo Albesi) ([Leica] CV 15mm lens on M8)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] CV 15mm lens on M8)