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ken_tanaka · 11/24/06, 02:42 AM

I don't own an M8 but have used an M7 with the 21mm for some time. I've been using a Voigtlander viewfinder with that lens. It's less expensive than Leica's and, in a side-by-side comparison, offers identical performance and construction.

The new multi-focal length viewfinder would be handy only if you expected to buy another lens within that range.

FWIW, in a faster moving situation I often don't mount the 21mm viewfinder at all. I have a 0.58 viewfinder on my M7 which offers perhaps 80%-85% coverage (edge-to-edge) of the 21mm. So a little bit off pan and tilt quickly tells me what will be inside the frame.

11/24/06, 02:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
ken_tanaka Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 01/05/05 Posts: 349	Re: Question about leica 21 and M8 I don't own an M8 but have used an M7 with the 21mm for some time. I've been using a Voigtlander viewfinder with that lens. It's less expensive than Leica's and, in a side-by-side comparison, offers identical performance and construction. The new multi-focal length viewfinder would be handy only if you expected to buy another lens within that range. FWIW, in a faster moving situation I often don't mount the 21mm viewfinder at all. I have a 0.58 viewfinder on my M7 which offers perhaps 80%-85% coverage (edge-to-edge) of the 21mm. So a little bit off pan and tilt quickly tells me what will be inside the frame.