Me again,

Can you use the 35 mm lens with the .85 magnification?...and the 28, 21?

Thanks

Arie

-- Arie Haziza (nhaziza@northrock.bm), May 05, 2002

Answers

35mm--Yes. 28 and 21--yes with additional finders.

-- Jim Lennon (jim@jmlennon.com), May 05, 2002.

What exactly is a finder? Is it an external addition to the camera?

I am leaving in Bermuda, so very difficult to have access to the material.

-- Arie Haziza (nhaziza@northrock.bm), May 05, 2002.

Arie,

If you are on the web you have same access to wonderful information as anyone. You might start with Leica's site:

http://www.leica-camera.com/index_e.html

-- Charles (c.mason@uaf.edu), May 05, 2002.

I wear eyeglasses and the 35mm framelines were trouble until I got the 0.58 viewfinder model. For me the first frames lines which are workable with the 0.85 are with the 50mm focal length. You will definitely need external viewfinders for the 21, 24, or 28 lenses. IMHO the best focal lengths for the 0.85 are the 75mm and 90mm. The 0.85 coupled with the 75mm Lux is the world's best setup for theater and stage photography.

-- Doug from Tumwater (dbaker9128@aol.com), May 05, 2002.

I assume you mean "could you usse with the built in finder lines". The 35mm, without glasses, just barely by straining to look all the way to the edges. With glasses, no. If you are a wide angle fan, you are looking at the wrong version of the M6. The .58 shows a good useable 28mm frame box, and of course a 35 one.

-- Andrew Schank (aschank@flash.net), May 05, 2002.

I agree. If you wear glasses you will need an accessory finder for the 35mm as well. Unlike the 21-24-28 where the accessory finder is actually a better representation of what the shot will look like, and those lenses' DOF makes constant re-focusing less essential much of the time, needing/using a separate finder (which Leica does not make anymore, you'd need an old one or a new Voigtlander) for 35mm is a royal PITA.

-- Jay (infinitydt@aol.com), May 05, 2002.

I do not wear glasses, and use this combination with ease, to the point where it is second nature.

But for the 28 and 21 you will have to attach external finders.

Here is one for the 50mm finder for instance. It goes in the hot shoe.

-- Mani Sitaraman (bindumani@pacific.net.sg), May 05, 2002.