I find the 135mm framelines on the .85x M6 still too small. Can anyone recommend an 135mm external finder? Thanks in advance.

-- ray tai (razerx@netvigator.com), September 10, 2001

Answers

The Leica finder (SHOOC) is life-size so it is bigger and you are able to open both eyes and see the framelines floating in the air. It does have to be adjusted to compensate for parallax errors so if your focused distances are changing quickly, it is a bit of a pain. They typically sell for $150US to $225US on eBay but it has been a while since I looked at the auctions that carefully.

Another solution would be to order the new 1.25x eyepiece magnifier. Go here for a description:

http://www.photovillage.com/html/news.html

This will give a larger than life-size image.

Cheers,

-- John Collier (jbcollier@powersurfr.com), September 10, 2001.

John, does any one out there makes a magnifier like this? it does seem expensive, although simple.

-- r watson (al1231234@hotmail.com), September 10, 2001.

Several camera companies made flip up magnifiers for their SLRs but I have no experience with them.

Cheers,

-- John Collier (jbcollier@powersurfr.com), September 10, 2001.