Best finder for 21mm lens on R-D1

[Ed Schwartzreic]

Vincenzo,, still waiting for the Zeiss 21 Biogon, but expect it some time next month. I hope it comes in time for my daughter's wedding near the end of May. The only 21 I own is the f/3.4 Super Angulon, but I also have the 19 and 25 Canons, neither of which I have tried on the R-D1; somehow I doubt that the 19 will work owing to its depth. Should be easy enough to try, so perhaps I will report on it.

Ed

 

[Ed Schwartzreic]

I got out the 2 lenses, Canon 19 and 25 and took a few shots. The 19 vignettes ferociously, even with EPR's vignetting settings. The 25 was quite correctable, and therefore usable. Both lenses have low contrast and sharpness. Both were shot at f/8, below.

Ed

 

[MIKIRO]

I use a VC 28mm viewfinder on R-D1 with 21mm lenses. What I see within the frame is practically close enough to the area of the acquired image. I have not tried a 21D finder, which should be even closer.

MIKIRO

 

[Jim Watts]

I picked up a Russian universal finder at the large Photographica collectors fair in London on Sunday. This has frames for 28mm/35mm/50mm/85mm and 135mm and I was expecting from what I had posted earlier that the 28mm would be the best match for the 21mm Avenon on the R-D1. Well "the proof of the pudding is in the eating", with this finder at least the 28mm setting crops out too much of the image but the 35mm setting is pretty good. A little bit of a safety margin all round, more top & bottom (when held horizontally) than left and right but l would guess less than 85% which better suits me. The added bonus was that the 135mm setting is an exact match for my 90mm and hopefully the 28mm setting will work out for this lens on my M4. I managed to get it for 40 GBP about $70. I did see some for a bit less but this was mint with very clear optics. I suppose the only downside is its quite a large appendage on the top of the camera.