Body decisions

[Traut]

I was planning on nightime street shooting with my newly acquired Canon 1.2.

I recalled Frank S's. reccomendation that the M6 with a 50 was a great package. The .72 VF justs makes the 50mm seen like a concession to neccessity compared to the M3's vf.

So my question is do you configure your camera/lenses/films by lens/vf or body/film, metered/lens, digital/film , etc. when deciding what to carry for a shoot. In the past my choices were usually one body for a wide and one body for normal or tele but the different magnifications of vf seems to dictate what to shoot.

 

[FrankS]

Hi, Harvey. Certainly vf magnification plays a roll in determining which body to use with which lens. The M3 and my .85 M6 are naturals for 50mm and 90mm, while the M2 works best with 35 and 50mm lenses. I'm soon to get a Canon 7 body which will predominantly host my 85mm f2 Canon lens, and if I ever find a use for my old 135mm Hektor, it will work best on the Canon 7 too (with its switchable mag vf and large rf baselength.)

 

[former member]

I have no problem using a 135mm F3.5 on my Canon 7. The viewfinder magnification is a constant 0.8x. The VI series and V series have switchable magnification. You can switch in a 1.5x to focus and then switch back to 50mm lines. The 0.8x of the Canon 7 is fine with the 50mm F0.95, and I have used the Canon 50mm F1.2 on the M2. be sure you get a guality LTM to M adapter.

 

[peter_n]

Yes indeed. I use my 0.85mag M7 for 50/90/135, the 0.72 mag M6 for 28/50, and the Canonet for 40. 😉

 

[jaapv]

Or buy the Leica Okular, which will convert a 0.72 to about a 0.90 viewfinder.