Do you use accessory finders?

[DNG]

Sometimes...
I have a 28mm VF, even though my M5 has a 28 frame line...
I wear glasses, so it helps when I need to compose a little more accuracy. If I don't use it, I am taking hip images with the 28mm.

 

[Richard G]

Zeiss 25/28 with the 25mm Biogon, especially on the M2 when I don't need to look in the camera's finder for exposure or even focus; and the SHOOC Leitz 135mm finder which has revived my interest in the 135 f4 Tele Elmar, even on the M6 which has the framelines but it's just not as good as the dedicated finder. Exposure and focus necessary in the Leica first. I suspect I'll get more of these. With zone focus and predetermined exposure it's the quickest tool to grab a shot.

 

[Roger Hicks]

I only have 64KB memory, so misremember is the right choice.

64KB? Wow. I think I'm down to 64 bytes, and the little wires that thread through the ferrite loops are unravelling a little more every day...

Cheers,

R.

 

[John Robertson]

Voigtlander low level finder, and FSU/OPL turret finders.

 

[R.MacDonald]

I use a finder with my 28 on both my M3 and M2. If I had a M7 or MP with the .58 finder then I wouldn't use one.

 

[Rob-F]

Always with a Barnack, for 25, 28, & 35mm Cv lenses, and for the 50mm Summicron.

I use one with my M cameras for lenses wider than 28mm; and even with the 28mm on a .72 finder.

Somehow I feel less conspicuous using an aux. finder for street work.

 

[Richard G]

Brilliant point Rob F: it's like the camera was not really up to your eye, it's so quick.

 

[robklurfield]

why not?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37531245@N08/4392479869/sizes/o/

 

[Bogotron]

I use a finder for the 25mm snapshot skopar I've been using, and it's very clear, bright and easy to use (much brighter than the finder of my M4 in fact). The lens isn't rangefinder coupled so I only have to worry about zone focusing. My other lens is a 40, which brings up the 50mm frame lines on my M4. I usually frame for 50 but I kind of wish I had an accessory finder for more accurate framing.

 

[Bill58]

I use several VC VFs all the time and luv 'em. Just make sure to figure out a way to put a safety cord of some kind on it.....or you're gonna lose it.

 

[pvdhaar]

My RF is a Bessa-T, so that there's not much alternative to always shoot with an external finder mounted..

 

[Ezzie]

Epson R-D1 and 90mm Konica Hexanon with a Varifocal Nippon Kogaku set to 135mm FoV. It also enhances the already good looks of tha camera in my mind.

 

[Arjay]

I use a finder for my CV 15/4.5 lens, wishing to improve my image composition. Yet, I'm not fully satisfied with the CV finder because it exhibits heavy barrel distortion. Makes me kind of wonder what I'm really getting on my negatives ...

I also use a Leica brightline finder for my 90/2.8 M-Hexanon - I love the finder's 1:1 magnification which allows me to shoot with both eyes open. This finder is ideal and is a joy to use for portraits when I want to see facial expressions very clearly (the image window defined by the built-in VF framelines is fairly small).

Other than that, the Hexar's built-in viewfinder with spectacle-compatible framelines for 28, 35, 50, 75, 90 and 135mm meets all my needs (I don't use a 135mm lens).

 

[rbsinto]

Use the auxillary finders with my CV 21 or 25, and I have a CV 15mm finder that I use for my Vivitar 17 or 19 mm SLR lenses when I mount them to an S3 or SP body via my Amedeo S-F adapter.
My other lenses are all covered by the frame lines within the cameras' viewfinders.

 

[sepiareverb]

I use the frankenfinder on an M, a ZI SW and a Contax G2 for 21 and 16mm lenses. I use the Leica 18mm VF for the 24mm on M bodies- I much prefer the wider space around the framelines.

 

[jsrockit]

Only when the camera doesn't have framelines for the lens I want to use or, in the case of my Leica X1, when it is too sunny to see the LCD.

 

[januaryman]

I have a Canon 28/3.5 on my Canon P - since there are no framelines available, I use a turret from the FSU. I need to use this lens more. It's my most costly, and perhaps second least used! (my Canon 100mm is the least used)

 

[Luddite Frank]

My user is a 1934 Leia III, and usually I'm shooting a 35mm WA lens, either Elmar 35 or Canon 1.8, so my Nikon Vari-focal finder is probably fused to the Barnack by now.

 

[BillBingham2]

When I was a T and L shooter all the time. On my Ms only for the 25 & 15mm lenses. On my S2 with my 25 & 105. On my S3 only with my 25. On my GRD III all the time.

I get the greatest looks with a digital and older style Bright Line on her.

B2 (;->

 

[kbg32]

If the camera viewfinder doesn't the focal length I'm using, I use an auxillary finder.