[LRflex] Leicaflex SL viefinder fascination goes on
- From: Miha Golobic <miha.golobic@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 19:07:40 +0200
Dear flexers,
I'm passing you (as suggested by Doug Herr) my newly discovered findings on
the Leicaflex SL viewfinder:
I have just recently discovered another virtue of the SL: the magnification
of the viewfinder, combined with a 50mm lens (summicron, in my case) gives *
identical* magnification and brightnes as the naked eye. In other words: it
is very easy to use both eyes open when composing a photo. With some
practise, you see *one* 3D picture, and a undistracting black frame (the
viewfinder). And because of the nature of the microprism (a split prism
would be a distraction), it is very easy to focus in that way, too.
Of course, this only works with a 50mm lens. I somehow believe that the
magnification and the viefinder arrangement was done with this practice of
taking photographs in mind, yet I have not noticed anyone would mention
that. Have anyone else noticed this?
Best regards,
Miha
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