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I borrowed an M7 for a few days and thought the finder seemed cluttered with each setting showing two sets of frame lines (135/35, 50/75, 28/90). Is this something you get used to?

 

Having just 3 frame lines is offered as an a la carte option for the .72 magnification, and I'm wondering if it's worth it. I don't expect to use 135 or 75mm lenses, and the 28 lines are so close to the edge you can just compose to the finder itself.

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You can have frame lines masked out at any time by a good independent Leica tech. It's very inexpensive to have done.

 

I have only 28, 35, and 50 on my M6, and the 35 and 50 on my M4. That way there is only one set of frame lines appearing at a time (I only own 28, 35, and 50mm lenses so the other frame lines aren't needed at all.)

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AH.... :o that's a perennial debate from the times of M4 P intro (the first Leica with the 6 frames set) : lot of people, me included, are accustomed to , even if, as for me, I sometime get a bit nervous with the 50/75 pair , and when happens that I take on my M3 I say "wow! that's a CLEAN finder !!"

But... you have what you deserve... : I am a people who LIKES (too much, and irrationally...) to have various focals... have 28 35 50 75 90 135 (not to mention the others... ;)) and, be it annoying or not, I cannot complain to have 6 frames.

 

If you are a photog who prefers to stick on just 2 or 3 focals (as, many great photographers did and do) maybe the a la carte option is the best choice : by the way, Mark Norton ( http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m8-forum/67857-anatomy-leica-m8-framelines.html) has shown that "obliterating" one or more framelines is an almost trivial job... IN ITSELF... dismounting and remounting all is needed to make this trivial job is another matter... :p

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AH.... :o that's a perennial debate from the times of M4 P intro (the first Leica with the 6 frames set) : lot of people, me included, are accustomed to , even if, as for me, I sometime get a bit nervous with the 50/75 pair , and when happens that I take on my M3 I say "wow! that's a CLEAN finder !!"

But... you have what you deserve... : I am a people who LIKES (too much, and irrationally...) to have various focals... have 28 35 50 75 90 135 (not to mention the others... ;)) and, be it annoying or not, I cannot complain to have 6 frames.

 

If you are a photog who prefers to stick on just 2 or 3 focals (as, many great photographers did and do) maybe the a la carte option is the best choice : by the way, Mark Norton ( http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m8-forum/67857-anatomy-leica-m8-framelines.html) has shown that "obliterating" one or more framelines is an almost trivial job... IN ITSELF... dismounting and remounting all is needed to make this trivial job is another matter... :p

 

Thanks so much for the link Luigi! And to you too Mark for the reverse autopsy! After seeing this I finally understand this "masks" thing I see mentioned. I had the framelines on my MP a la carte changed and wondered how one would do that, and I admire how the VF's creators did do that. (I put a good deal more value on 'clever' than I do on 'smart'.)

 

thanks again,

s-a

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I borrowed an M7 for a few days and thought the finder seemed cluttered with each setting showing two sets of frame lines (135/35, 50/75, 28/90). Is this something you get used to?

 

Having just 3 frame lines is offered as an a la carte option for the .72 magnification, and I'm wondering if it's worth it. I don't expect to use 135 or 75mm lenses, and the 28 lines are so close to the edge you can just compose to the finder itself.

 

I got rid of only the 75's because I've never had one in my life and they were too close to the 50's for my liking. The other framesets were combinations I didn't want. A la carte is not totally flexible, but if you threw enough money at Leica things might happen. Or get the standard set and spend the savings having a Leica tech get rid of the ones you don't want.

 

s-a

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fwiw, Don Goldberg (DAG) charged me $15.00 USD per each set of frame lines.

 

lol. From Leica a la carte, I paid $180 to have just the 75 removed (0.72-5). My desire for a 135mm is fading and, seeing now just how far out the 28 lines are, the 0.75-3 set would give me what I use and be pretty clean. What was the turnaround time from Don (he's usually very busy)?

 

thanks,

s-a

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What was the turnaround time from Don (he's usually very busy)?

 

Don will ask you when you need the camera back. When I sent my M4 in to have the frame lines masked, I told him I wasn't in a rush. He had the camera for 6 weeks. But he also fabricated a finger guard for the lens release button.

 

I think it kind of depends on his schedule at any given time and how insistent you might be about needing it back. But I've never told him I was in a rush for anything, and never called him or emailed him about the progress or bugged him while he's working on my stuff....

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