jpattison Posted August 27, 2009 Share #1 Posted August 27, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) In the new Bessa 111 Voigtlander Bessa III Just wondered if anyone requested such a feature in the M9 wants column ? John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 27, 2009 Posted August 27, 2009 Hi jpattison, Take a look here Frame size changes in the viewfinder as you focus. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
marknorton Posted August 27, 2009 Share #2 Posted August 27, 2009 You have to applaud them for producing such a beast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 27, 2009 Share #3 Posted August 27, 2009 Well, yes, we've seen zooming framelines before. Nice camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lxlim Posted August 27, 2009 Share #4 Posted August 27, 2009 Are they usually accurate? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpstjp Posted August 27, 2009 Share #5 Posted August 27, 2009 Are they usually accurate? Were Leica's on the M8? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giordano Posted August 27, 2009 Share #6 Posted August 27, 2009 Are they usually accurate? The only ones I've worked with were on the old Koni Omegas; they were accurate enough that I never noticed that they weren't (but I wasn't using tranny film). But that says nothing whatever about how a totally different design will perform decades later! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwelland Posted August 27, 2009 Share #7 Posted August 27, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) IIRC my old Contax G2 used to do this too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lxlim Posted August 27, 2009 Share #8 Posted August 27, 2009 Were Leica's on the M8? Good point You get use to it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lxlim Posted August 27, 2009 Share #9 Posted August 27, 2009 The only ones I've worked with were on the old Koni Omegas; they were accurate enough that I never noticed that they weren't (but I wasn't using tranny film). But that says nothing whatever about how a totally different design will perform decades later! Not sure I want to dip my toes into film again. Its been a complete shift for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauribix Posted August 27, 2009 Share #10 Posted August 27, 2009 Great design, for sure. Could that be that the MF size film "had" to come with such a viewfinder, reducing a problem that with 24x36 (and smaller) frames could have been negligible? just my 2cents Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckhorn_cortez Posted August 27, 2009 Share #11 Posted August 27, 2009 My Plaubel Makina 67 (1981) and my Plaubel Makina 670 (1983) have framelines that adjust for focus distance...hardly a new feature. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted August 27, 2009 Share #12 Posted August 27, 2009 Take a deep breath folks The voigtlander only has to produce ONE frameline for ONE fixed focal length, compared to the SIX in the M8. The mechanism for changing frames in the M8 (which is already zooming of a sort, for a different purpose) vastly complicates the possibility of adding another movement, for larger/smaller framing with focus distance. The Contax G cameras did not have ANY frameLINES, just a window - which did, indeed, zoom for focal length and for a tighter view in close focusing. Basically, black plates at the edges moved to crop/shift the edges of the window as one focused closer. Again, fine for a single focal length at a time - not a functional method for a multiline finder. And the G cameras had to give up real manual focusing in order to allow zooming - they just had a "focus-confirmation" bar-graph. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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