28 F2.0 Asph & .72 VF blockage

[KM-25]

I * Just* got my brand new 6-bit 28mm 2.0 Summicron from Tony Rose, nice lens!
Huge shade though, even with the cut out, it blocks a good chunk of the view in my M6 .72.

Should I be looking at a second M6 in a .58 now to loosen er' up a bit?

When I take the shade off, it blocks less than the 35 cron with the shade on and is workable. I suspect that those who use the 35 lux w/ the shade have the same experience on the .72.

Feedback?

 

[KM-25]

Darn, no answer huh.....must be obvious I need to get a .58 then.

 

[Ken Ford]

I can't give you an opinion without trying it for myself. Can I borrow yours for a few years?

 

[dalmy]

Give it a few weeks. Maybe just something to get used to. I'd estimate about 15 percent of the frame is blocked (28/2 w/.72 finder), which doesn't bother me in real-world use. The .72 finder, as you know, was built for the 28. The 35 has more breathing room, yup, but the .72 is a great compromise for both. Best of luck!

 

[KM-25]

Give it a few weeks. Maybe just something to get used to. I'd estimate about 15 percent of the frame is blocked (28/2 w/.72 finder), which doesn't bother me in real-world use. The .72 finder, as you know, was built for the 28. The 35 has more breathing room, yup, but the .72 is a great compromise for both. Best of luck!

Hmm...I'll try, but I kind of don't mind just having only the 50 1.4 Asph and the 28/2 cron and having the right body for each and never really taking them off.

I shot a couple of rolls with it today and I was taking the shade off to frame up 8 out of 10 shots.

 

[dalmy]

How about using a dedicated 28 finder in the hot shoe? Or maybe the 21/24/28? 🙂 Certainly would look sytlish, and much cheaper.

 

[ghost]

the hood is not especially needed, so the .72 will be fine. it was not designed for the 28mm, as said earlier. if you can add a .58 body later, so much the better.

 

[Dougg]

I've had the 28 for over a year, and I can't say that the hood has bothered me at all. It just becomes unnoticeable after a while. Now, this is with it mounted on a CLE, where the VF window's position means the hood intrudes a little less than in my M2, and there's even less intrusion with the Zeiss Ikon. It's certainly there in all three, occupying that lower right corner, more intrusive at close distance if one is noticing. But the cutout helps. Such intrusion is just a fact of RF life unless you restrict yourself to smaller slower (and/or hoodless?) lenses.

 

[Xmas]

If you use your right eye for the rangefinder, and you have a left eye you can open it, with practice it can speed up rather then slow down...

The objective is to see the frame with your left eye (sort of).

Some birds hop and some walk, you need to look at a crow walking and decide you really can open your left eye.

Noel