agentlossing
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Okay, maybe I need to preface that with "reasonably priced and reasonably decent quality, at the same time" being unobtanium.
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Okay, maybe I need to preface that with "reasonably priced and reasonably decent quality, at the same time" being unobtanium.
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I have to admit, the world would be a better place if Cosina continued to offer their great line of Voigtlander accessory viewfinders....
agentlossing
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Yes, very much so. Overall I feel like there is still very much a niche for Voigtlander's cameras and accessories, especially since their lenses still do so well on the market.
Rob-F
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I didn't know there was a 21/28. I have the 25/28. A 21/28 would be worth having. I'd like one!
jcb4718
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To return to Silas' question about the Leica 12009 (and my comment posted above) a look on ebay shows that with some of these viewfinders the foot has snapped off and has been glued back. It appears that these are the ones with the lever. As I said I think they were designed for the Leica II (whose cold shoe does not have a leaf-spring to grip an accessory). The foot is 'hollowed out' to house the lever. That's fine for Leica II cold shoe but I suspect that when it is inserted into a cold shoe with a leaf-spring (e.g. a Leica IIIc), the extra force needed can cause it to snap off. A metal viewfinder will be OK of course and I think that a 'standard' plastic foot will also be OK (but not as strong as a metal foot).
sjgslack
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The Sigma finder arrived and I took it out for a walk yesterday.
It’s a nice little thing. Plastic but heavy with the glass inside.
The view is good. Only criticism would be that the framelines are less visible than I’d like in certain light. But for the money pretty good I’d say.
It’s a nice little thing. Plastic but heavy with the glass inside.
The view is good. Only criticism would be that the framelines are less visible than I’d like in certain light. But for the money pretty good I’d say.
Bill Blackwell
Leica M Shooter
Don't I wish! I have all of the ZM finders and the only one that has paired framelines is the 25/28. It's my least preferred of the ZM finders as those framelines are so close together.
I have a Fujifilm finder that pairs 21/28 framelines (that's the finder Adorama had on sale for $60).
Rob-F
Likes Leicas
Actually, I don't understand how they can not make finders. They still make wide angle lenses, right? So how are new owners of CV lenses supposed to frame their shots?
Bill Blackwell
Leica M Shooter
Voigtlander makes accessory finders for the wide angle lenses currently in production - 10, 15, 21/25, and 40. ... but no 28?
12, 50, 75, and 90 finders (and a ridiculously expensive 28/35 'mini-finder') are still available on Steve Gandy's website, but they're no longer being produced.
sjgslack
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Presumably their logic would be that those are the focal lengths without framelines in most cameras. Most modern rangefinders do have 28mm framelines.
Dogman
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I have the Ricoh 21/28 which I think is a Voigtlander-Cosina. Also a Voigtlander 21mm (that the bright lines have faded over time) and it appears to be the same casing as the Ricoh model.
F456
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For what little it's worth, as I have only used the Leica 12009 28mm finder that you have tried, I like it a lot and even prefer it to just using the viewfinder in 28mm frame line-equipped cameras (M4-P onwards). Similarly I have had no bad results with the 21mm equivalent finder when shooting 21mm — or put it this way, I have had bad results but they couldn't be blamed on the finders! The only thing to watch, as with specs you wear, is not to put them down and tread on them; being plastic they aren't very robust!
Tom
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F456
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Glad you like it. Hopefully you will get used to the framelines. I am always surprised how my wide-angle pictures seem to benefit from using a detachable finder even when the camera has its own built-in viewfinder!
Tom
Tom
sjgslack
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Having used the sigma for a bit I do rather wish i'd paid twice as much and got the leica... never a good idea to try to save money on these things. I live and learn!
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