Manolo Laguillo Posted September 14, 2015 Share #1 Posted September 14, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) The quality is so high, the handling is so easy, the feeling of that big and clear finder is so nice, the pictures are so beautiful, that I am spoiled, and don't like the M240 anymore... It's an unfair comparison, but I can't use the M240's EVF after some time spent with the Leica S... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 14, 2015 Posted September 14, 2015 Hi Manolo Laguillo, Take a look here I have this situation in connection with my Leica S (006). I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
earleygallery Posted September 14, 2015 Share #2 Posted September 14, 2015 Surely not? I keep reading here how EVF's are far superior, how the pentaprism finder is obsolete. I'm surprised that Leica haven't replaced the S finder with an EVF too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravinj Posted September 14, 2015 Share #3 Posted September 14, 2015 I can't use the M240 toy grade evf after using Sony A7 EVF. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom0511 Posted September 15, 2015 Share #4 Posted September 15, 2015 I wasnt able to use the EVF2 for the Leica M since I find out that the optical viewfinder of the M is so much better and even more accurate than the EVF (at least for focal length up to 50mm). I agree on the great viewfinder of the S though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill W Posted September 16, 2015 Share #5 Posted September 16, 2015 A very tough situation...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan.y Posted September 16, 2015 Share #6 Posted September 16, 2015 I like the S ovf, but I think I would give it up for a mirrorless Leica medium format with smaller/faster lenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manolo Laguillo Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share #7 Posted September 16, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) I like the S ovf, but I think I would give it up for a mirrorless Leica medium format with smaller/faster lenses. I wouldn't change the original S viewfinder, but I would like to have a 55 mm f. 3.5 lens for the S. That aperture would mean a smaller and lighter lens. That 55 mm focal length is the exact diagonal of the 30x45 format, equivalent to a 42 mm with full frame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynp Posted September 16, 2015 Share #8 Posted September 16, 2015 I wouldn't change the original S viewfinder, but I would like to have a 55 mm f. 3.5 lens for the S. That aperture would mean a smaller and lighter lens. That 55 mm focal length is the exact diagonal of the 30x45 format, equivalent to a 42 mm with full frame. There is a cheep and good Distagon T* 3,5/55 mm. It is sharp and light. The Contax 645 adapter is three-four times more expensive than the lens Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manolo Laguillo Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share #9 Posted September 17, 2015 There is a cheep and good Distagon T* 3,5/55 mm. It is sharp and light. The Contax 645 adapter is three-four times more expensive than the lens Yes, that's true, thank you very much :-) ... Do you have experience with this lens on the S? If yes, could you please post some pictures with 100% crops? Thank you very much! Regards, Manolo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynp Posted September 17, 2015 Share #10 Posted September 17, 2015 I am on vacation till Tuesday. I will send some photos after I'm back. In my view, it is very useful outside lens. Light and can be used as a body cap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manolo Laguillo Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share #11 Posted September 17, 2015 I am on vacation till Tuesday. I will send some photos after I'm back. In my view, it is very useful outside lens. Light and can be used as a body cap. Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted September 20, 2015 Share #12 Posted September 20, 2015 I like the S ovf, but I think I would give it up for a mirrorless Leica medium format with smaller/faster lenses. I would love to have the Leica S viewfinder on ALL SLR cameras - it's the best finder there is! Unfortunately smaller than the current S lenses at that fast aperture (remember f2.5 is a FAST aperture for medium format cameras) will not happen, as the S lenses are already designed to JUST fit the image circle - just try to put your fingertip on the rim of the lens - it will end up on the photo, while it seems I can almost hold my entire hand in front of a Hasselblad or Contax lens with their larger image circles. Manolo, the 80/2 Planar on a C645 adapter is already quite a bit more compact and lighter than the 70/2.5 Summarit - it doesn't focus as fast and has an entirely different look. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manolo Laguillo Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share #13 Posted September 20, 2015 Thank you, Menos, for your information! :-) In regard to the viewfinder on the S vs the Leica M viewfinder I am having always problems with the latter because I can´t look as easily till the borders. I do use glasses... but I must control what is happening on the image's borders, and the glasses don't let me put the eye near enough. Therefore, framing and composing is much easier for me with the S, regardless of the focal length I am using. With the M, the 28 mm frame is too much, my limit is the 35 mm frame. The 50 mm is ok, of course. I am speaking about a well known fact, the differences between both viewfinders. The M camera has allegedly a very bright viewfinder, ok, but the viewfinder on the S is as bright, with the above mentioned advantage. I would compare it to the one in the Olympus OM-1, do you remember that nice camera? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynp Posted September 22, 2015 Share #14 Posted September 22, 2015 I am on vacation till Tuesday. I will send some photos after I'm back. In my view, it is very useful outside lens. Light and can be used as a body cap. Thanks! http://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/250394-tests-contax-distagon-t-5535-on-leica-s2-p/?p=2892059 Hi Manolo, Above there is a kink to some casual test shots with the Distagon T* 55mm f3,5 during my vacation. Yevgeny Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted September 22, 2015 Share #15 Posted September 22, 2015 Size: 70 f2.5 Summarit + 80 f2 Planar - size comparison by teknopunk.com, on Flickr 70 f2.5 Summarit + 80 f2 Planar - size comparison by teknopunk.com, on Flickr … and how the mighty Planar looks on the S2: portrait - the facade worker by teknopunk.com, on Flickr portrait - man from old quarter by teknopunk.com, on Flickr portrait - young woman by teknopunk.com, on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jip Posted September 22, 2015 Share #16 Posted September 22, 2015 Thanks for posting Menos, want to post them on the Flickr group I created for the Contax 645 adapter for the S? https://www.flickr.com/groups/leica-s-adapter-contax645/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manolo Laguillo Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share #17 Posted September 22, 2015 Thank you very much, Menos!!! Very nice, the pictures with the Planar and the shots of both lenses side by side!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted September 23, 2015 Share #18 Posted September 23, 2015 Thanks for posting Menos, want to post them on the Flickr group I created for the Contax 645 adapter for the S? https://www.flickr.com/groups/leica-s-adapter-contax645/ I sure would like to add them but flickr is so extremely slow and unresponsive these days it would literally take me hours (ever since they changed their website to the newer design it has become absolutely unusable for me). If you see a shot you would like to add, just invite me and I will click the link in the activity screen which for some reason is about the only flickr page that seems to work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnloumiles Posted September 23, 2015 Share #19 Posted September 23, 2015 Using the S VF is like a slice of heaven. For me there is no comparison to anything, EVF or Rangefinder. It's the best hands down and I'm only using manual focus lenses. It's hard to explain but I feel like there is a barrier between myself and the subject with the EVF, like I'm composing through a television (which I guess it is). A TV can be ultra 4k HD Blu Ray buts it's still a TV, therefore a copy of the original. Cometely psychosomatic but real none the less. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted September 23, 2015 Share #20 Posted September 23, 2015 ^ Absolutely! for this very reason I will never use a EVF. I tried at different times with the then best consumer EVF cameras and was hugely disappointed every single time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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