35mm External Finders for M2

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9 hours ago, jayroon said:

I recently bought the 35mm Zeiss finder that was made for the Sony RX1, same as Zeiss’s other external finders and its great! 

Similar story, eyeglass wearer and rangefinder shooter. 35mm is my preferred focal length, using the Zeiss 35 2.8 mostly, so the finder is a nice match. 

Not familiar with other external finders, but the Zeiss one is very bright and much easier to see the framelines compared to my M6, slightly different magnification most likely, didnt look into it that much. 

If youre still looking and have a chance to buy one you wont be disappointed!

I went with the Voigtlander, is it was considerably cheaper than the available used Zeiss finders, and it has the shoe offset. I’m not sure if that actually makes a big difference or not. 

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It should be off set just enough to access the shutter speed dial. Hope it helps and post a few photos!

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Solved the problem properly by adding an M6TTL 0.58. 

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6 hours ago, blackdot said:

Solved the problem properly by adding an M6TTL 0.58. 

Enjoy! Thad two M6 TTLs with .72 finders and loved them! Congratulations!

[Torontoamateur]

I am contmplating this as well. I would use this for quick shots taken using zone focusing . Likethe street photogs do  Set the focus at 15 ft, aperature at 8 or 11 and then just frame and shoot. It is so very quick and suits the real use of a Leica M

 

That is how I shoot with the Hasselblad SWC anyway  I do miss that in the leica.