jrc Posted September 24, 2007 Share #1 Posted September 24, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) When I bought the WATE, I didn't get the package -- skipped the finder (stupidly.) So now I just got a Frankenfinder from Tony Rose, and I find that the lines are just as loose on this as with other lenses -- that the finder's lines designated for 21mm give you a better (but ever-so-slightly-cropped) approximation of 18mm than do the designated 18mm lines. The 18mm lines are very loose. Is that everybody's experience, or am I doing something wrong? JC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 24, 2007 Posted September 24, 2007 Hi jrc, Take a look here Frankenfinder question. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
robsteve Posted September 25, 2007 Share #2 Posted September 25, 2007 Are you adjusting the paralax dial to the proper distance? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Yoder Posted September 25, 2007 Share #3 Posted September 25, 2007 Are you using the VF on an M8 or a film M? Remember that with the M8/WATE, you would use the 21-24-28 settings. I realize that this really doesn't address your question as to whether the Fr-Finder's brightlines are as tight as the camera's VF lines. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k_g_wolf ✝ Posted September 25, 2007 Share #4 Posted September 25, 2007 Could someone explain, why this thing is called >>Frankenfinder<< and how it started ? If it is dreived from >>Frankenstein<< that creature is certainly more horrible than this innocent machine ... Best Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wizard Posted September 25, 2007 Share #5 Posted September 25, 2007 Could someone explain, why this thing is called >>Frankenfinder<< and how it started ? I dunno, but my first guess would be because it's so BIG and UGLY . Grüsse, Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted September 25, 2007 Share #6 Posted September 25, 2007 Could someone explain, why this thing is called >>Frankenfinder<< and how it started ? If it is dreived from >>Frankenstein<< that creature is certainly more horrible than this innocent machine ... Best The first use on this forum was by Chris Colclough on February 2nd of this year. I don't know whether he is the originator or got it somewhere else, it was starting to pop up on RFF at the same time. And yes, the term refers to the appearance in relationship with Frankenstein. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k_g_wolf ✝ Posted September 25, 2007 Share #7 Posted September 25, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thx. for these informations ! Thought along these lines as well, better than calling it >>cyclopfinder<< or something like this ... Best Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrid Posted September 25, 2007 Share #8 Posted September 25, 2007 Are you adjusting the paralax dial to the proper distance? The finder only compensates for parallax in x and y. As far as I know it does not compensate for the shift in lens magnification that occurs when you change focus from closeup to infinity (doesn't change the area of coverage that the framelines indicate). Sounds like the WATE finder framelines are as inaccurate as those in the M8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted September 25, 2007 Share #9 Posted September 25, 2007 On mine the framelines are way more accurate than any other frameline/lens combination on my M8. The WATE with Frankenfinder is actually the only lens I use the framelines to compose tightly with. However, as already mentioned, you must use the 21-24-28 framelines with the M8 due to the crop factor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrc Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share #10 Posted September 25, 2007 On mine the framelines are way more accurate than any other frameline/lens combination on my M8. The WATE with Frankenfinder is actually the only lens I use the framelines to compose tightly with. However, as already mentioned, you must use the 21-24-28 framelines with the M8 due to the crop factor. Thank you, Stan & Carsten. I should have figured it out myself. When I toook the time to put the camera on a tripod and shoot the 16 as a 21, the frame lines are quite good. Although I have an M7, it somehow slipped my mind that Leica would be making the WATE/finder for that camera, too... JC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Yoder Posted September 25, 2007 Share #11 Posted September 25, 2007 I compared the 28mm frames of my M7 and the F-finder. They show the same field of view. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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