new m7 question please help

[atwood1202]

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hi i am new to leica and rangefinders in general

i know this is a complete beginner question but i am used to slrs

 

i shoot with a leica m7 and a f1.9 28mm voigtlander ultron lens

i was wondering since the viewfinder is not actually a view through the lens

should i just estimate focus? should i buy an attachable viewfinder? or should i use a light meter?

 

ill post some pics soon

thanks for any help!

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[Bavaricus]

Hi Mark,

 

i am a bit puzzled about your question. M7 has a quite sophisticated rangefinder for a very acurate focussing. Theres is imho not need to estimate focus. But you can do this e.g. when shooting with a wide-angle >25mm in street photography. The .72 viewfinder is sufficient down to 28mm. Including the bright line frames.

 

The light meter is also very useable. There is no need to buy an external one.

 

Regards

Reiner

[earleygallery]

I'm puzzled too! If you bought your camera from a dealer ask them to show you how to use it.

 

If your lens is a screw fit, have you bought the correct adapter to fit it to your M7 - are the 28mm frame lines showing? Why would you want a separate viewfinder?

 

Do you understand the rangefinder?

 

With wide angle lenses you can of course pre focus and rely on Depth of Field for quick street shooting for example. Maybe that was your point?

 

As for metering, unless you have some tricky conditions the meter should be fine. I'd use a hand held meter if you wanted to use incident readings for example.

[atwood1202]

thank you guys for the input

i was wondering about the focusing manually

since the viewfinder, although accurate is not an actual view through the lens

i understand rangefinders but i was wondering

how i would focus is there something in the viewfinder

like blurred images that i can adjust lens settings to make a precise image or not?

i know im wording this terribly im sorry

thank you again

[atwood1202]

i figured it out

easy enough

thanks for the input ill develope this delta roll

and show you the first pictures

 

also,

i do not have the better viewfinder upgrade for the m7

how would i go about sending it in and fixing that?