jaapv Posted January 27, 2009 Share #1 Posted January 27, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) That is me! I sent my "new" 135 finder to Will van Manen as the framelines didn't show. He just called. How would you mount it on the camera? The wide end goes towards the eye, not the narrow one ! :( P.S. Photo is a product shot from leicashop, who are presently selling one Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/75347-stupid-fool/?do=findComment&comment=791950'>More sharing options...
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wizard Posted January 27, 2009 Share #2 Posted January 27, 2009 Ahh, Jaap, you could have asked me, I wouldn't even have charged for the answer . But to be quite honest, when I first got my 135mm finder, I was tempted to mount it the wrong way, too. It was the tilting mechanism (to adjust for parallax errors) that made me appreciate how to correctly mount this finder. Best, Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivar B Posted January 27, 2009 Share #3 Posted January 27, 2009 That is me! I sent my "new" 135 finder to Will van Manen as the framelines didn't show. He just called. How would you mount it on the camera? The wide end goes towards the eye, not the narrow one ! :( I hope you are more confident about which way a drill goes into a patients tooth! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share #4 Posted January 27, 2009 That is me! I sent my "new" 135 finder to Will van Manen as the framelines didn't show. He just called. How would you mount it on the camera? The wide end goes towards the eye, not the narrow one ! :( I hope you are more confident about which way a drill goes into a patients tooth! I have good days and bad ones Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Luis D Posted January 27, 2009 Share #5 Posted January 27, 2009 Do you use this finder somehow with the M8 or only for 135mm lens on fullframe (film) Leica? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhoersch Posted January 27, 2009 Share #6 Posted January 27, 2009 Probably with a 35mm Summilux... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppyman Posted January 28, 2009 Share #7 Posted January 28, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Luis it wouldn't be much use on an M8, unless you had a 100mm lens to use with it. However you can guess with roughly the area of the rangefinder spot (inside the 90 frame lines) with a 135. Indie the Velociraptor photo - Geoff Hopkinson photos at pbase.com Do you use this finder somehow with the M8 or only for 135mm lens on fullframe (film) Leica? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share #8 Posted January 28, 2009 I have an eye open for a nice M2... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB23 Posted January 28, 2009 Share #9 Posted January 28, 2009 Jaap, man, that's totally my kind of error. But I usually don't go through the trouble of shipping back. You went the extra mile! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZDavid Posted January 29, 2009 Share #10 Posted January 29, 2009 I wondered about that too to begin with. But isn't it a beautifully made finder, up to Leica's best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted January 29, 2009 Share #11 Posted January 29, 2009 Trying to read the parallax distance scale upside down might have been a tip-off, too. 8^) In college I got a Leica IIIc + 50 Elmar for $100, and the only accessory lens I could afford was a "Made in occupied Japan" Nikkor 135. I used the camera's round RF window as a finder for a while (the magnification made it a fair match for a 135), but ultimately sprang for a used Leica finder just like this. Seems like it cost just about as much as the lens did ($59 or thereabouts) in 1973. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted January 29, 2009 Share #12 Posted January 29, 2009 Just to add to a funny thread... Viewfinders, for collectors, can become almost as addictive as lenses : there are A LOT of, there are VARIANTS (*) for many of them, there are ACCESSORIES for, there are the COMMON, the RARE, the ULTRA RARE... is definitely a fascinating field... I know people that have around 100 of them - no duplications of course... ... just a simple excert from my files (letter-coded only... ) RAMET RASUK SBKOO SBLOO SBOOI SEROO SFTOO SGVOO SHOOC SLOOZ SUUOQ SYEOO TUVOO VIDOM VILUI VIOOH VISOR WINTU (*) I'd say, for instance, at least three for the depicted 135 VF... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauribix Posted January 29, 2009 Share #13 Posted January 29, 2009 We forgot: RAMSES UBUNTU TIMO GLOCK and the variation called RAMSESII just for Leica M2:D Luigi, that's impressivie. Are you a collector? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted January 29, 2009 Share #14 Posted January 29, 2009 We forgot:RAMSES UBUNTU TIMO GLOCK and the variation called RAMSESII just for Leica M2 Luigi, that's impressivie. Are you a collector? Used to be an avid one before having a family to grow... ... now I self-limit my istincts... and VFs are meanly cheaper than lenses... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted January 29, 2009 Share #15 Posted January 29, 2009 there are VARIANTS (*) for many of them, I collect meter, feet and dual scale range for 85,90,135,200,400 and VIDOM & VIOOH in meter & feet parallax adjustment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted January 29, 2009 Share #16 Posted January 29, 2009 I collect meter, feet and dual scale range for 85,90,135,200,400 andVIDOM & VIOOH in meter & feet parallax adjustment ... and the 85 is of the breed of "uncommon-rare" ... I haven't... ; the old so called "torpedo VFs" had a lot of variants depending on frames combinations: what really I miss are the VFs for 105 and 73... not that I often USE these focals... but pity to have the lenses and not their VF... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 29, 2009 Author Share #17 Posted January 29, 2009 I just got it back, CLA-d The view is brilliant. I think I will use it on the M8 after all. The close-up framelines should be about right for the M8 at infinity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted January 29, 2009 Share #18 Posted January 29, 2009 what really I miss are the VFs for 105 and 73... not that I often USE these focals... but pity to have the lenses and not their VF... Luigi, You do not have a VIDOM with both the indexes for this 2 lenses ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted January 29, 2009 Share #19 Posted January 29, 2009 I just got it back, CLA-d The view is brilliant. I think I will use it on the M8 after all. The close-up framelines should be about right for the M8 at infinity. Jaap, You are near a 120mm with a 90mm on the M8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted January 29, 2009 Share #20 Posted January 29, 2009 Luigi,You do not have a VIOOH with both the indexes for this 2 lenses ? Still at work now... but tonight I'll check... seem to remember my VIOOH has only the 8,5 mark (and of course... its TUVOO addon for 28); btw... I seem to remember that probably my VIDOM has 7,3 and/or 10,5 ... it was listed before the VIOOH (multifocal as it, but with reversed view). I suspect many VARIANTS for those VFs... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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