cosmonaut Posted March 14, 2008 Share #1 Posted March 14, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) I outfitted my new M6 with a Nokton 40mm which the M6 has no framelines for. I am going through a learning curve of sorts hitting the mark since I only have 35mm and 50mm framelines close to the 40mm. I seem to be to far away or to close. But if I just ignore the framelines all together and just fly by the seat of my pants I do better. I do have a 35mm Color Skopar on my IIIa I could use I guess but was wondering did any of you have a learning curve when going to the Leica's. Does it get easier with time and what is the best suited MM lens for the job. I am thinking of a 50mm once I can afford a Leica lens. Any thoughts?Bythe way I love the speed of the Nokton and am also thrilled with the results I have been getting so far, quality wise. the Color Skopar seems a bit more contrasty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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photophile Posted March 14, 2008 Share #2 Posted March 14, 2008 I use a 21 on my m6 very routinely. have not been able to find my ext viewer fo over a year. have just learned in my mind's eye roughly what is in and what is out. you will be best served by shooting the 40 exclusively for a while.. you'll get frame lines in your mind.. good luck. CH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
veraikon Posted March 14, 2008 Share #3 Posted March 14, 2008 Perhaps this may helpyou (even if it is en francais ) summilux.net :: Voir le sujet - Modification Nokton 40mm 1,4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
octo Posted March 14, 2008 Share #4 Posted March 14, 2008 Actually, unless you focus down to the minimum distance, the image registered by the negative will become larger than the frames as you focus towards infinity: you'll record outside the frame. So, I'd advise you to use the 35 frame for distances from 3/4 meters onward. Closer, use the outside of the 50 frames as a starting point to make test exposures and fix it into your mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted March 14, 2008 Share #5 Posted March 14, 2008 Philippe is absolutely right, of course. In strict terms, the FOV is as shown below. [ATTACH]78307[/ATTACH] I have the 40 and find it to be a good "street" lens in that I can frame using the 50 lines and know that I have have a good chance of capturing what's going on in the "enhanced" field of view. Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmonaut Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share #6 Posted March 14, 2008 Thanks for all of the valuable help. I guess there is nothing like practice as well. The pictures and chart helps me. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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