M6 .72 or .85 with 75mm lens

[Rob L]

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The 50mm frame lines are fine. Nowhere near the edge.

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[Mark T]

13 hours ago, Jon Warwick said:

Currently I use only a 75mm lens on my M7 (0.72).
 

The framelines for the 75mm lens are pretty small on the 0.72, and it’s easy for my eyes to easily be fooled into following the more obvious (ie, fuller and more dominant) lines of the outer 50mm framelines.

I have an earliest version of the M7 that comes with the annoying flare, so am considering upgrading to a flare free MP finder and also get the 0.85 version at the same time given it sounds like this could suit me better with a 75mm lens.

For those with the 0.85 version, are the framelines with a 50mm lens also still comfortably visible? ....thinking I might add a 50mm lens (but never go wider than that).

 

The 50 mm frame lines on a 0.85 mag finder are slightly narrower than the 35 mm framelines on on a 0.72 mg finder. Therefore, 50 mm is readily usable. The same applies for 35 mm on 0.85 vs 28 mm on 0.72.