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do you also use an external 135 finder?

and how does that work for you?

(i'm having trouble adjusting to the nikon zoom finder)


joe
 
Give it a chance with a Nikon DG-1 Eyepiece Magnifier. I´ve a Tele-Elmarit (2,8/90mm) and using the DG-1 with wide open lens is the best to do. And you have to focus very, very carefully. The fov is okay and you can flip it up and down to change lenses without removing the eyepiece. R.C. gives an advice for the DG-2, the DG-1 is smaller.
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I have not done well with a tele finder (love wide ones). It seems best to just make a visual adjustment based on the 50mm framelines. Did see someone onlne who added lines for 90mm to the 28mm brightline.
 
I tried with a canon 135mm finder but found it worse than using the 50mm framelines and estimating virtual framelines.
 
I have one M3 body, and umpteen years ago during a CLA I had the M4-P frame line set put in my M2-R so I'd have the 28mm frame-line. That gives me two bodies with 135mm frame lines. A 135 external finder is a pain in the butt becuse of parallax adjustments.

I also sold my 135 Tele-Elmar when I picked up a goggled 135/2.8 Elmarit for cheap out of an estate sale. The Tele-Elmar is a bit sharper when you're shooting brick walls. The Elmarit is also heavier and bulkier, but it lets you use the 90mm frame lines in the finder. That makes a BIG difference with a 135.

If your camera will accept the 135 Elmarit that's the best way to go, and for a Leica lens they're borderline cheap these days. Nobody seems to want 'em.

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JSU said:
Regardless of how you frame shots, whether by guesstimating based on the 50mm finder marks or by using an external top mount finder (some are better than others), the rangefinder accuracy of the R-D1 is marginal with that much lens, much more so than perhaps even a 28/1.9 wide open and close up.

Get either the flip-up Nikon magnifier or the excellent replacement eyepiece magnifier from MegaPerls, which also has a built-in diopter.

Regardless, I would not use a 90 Summicron on an Epson wide open at other than infinity. I have used a Tele-Elmarit and even with the MegaPerls magnifier the percentage of images in focus was not to my expectations.

If this is for a still life or landscape consider making a shot and then checking focus with the magnified review image.
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Sure.......But for focussing an f4 85 or 90 the epson is quite usable even with it's relatively short EBL. I have no trouble with a 4/90CLE. I think Joe is working with a Tele Tessar 4/85 so, same story.
 
i am not having problems with focussing but with framing.
the zoom finder seems worse than using the 50 fl as a guide.
 
JSU, Carrying an SLR is just more weight to schlep, which makes me start thinking "Instead of cropping from the 135 image I should have brought my 180" which leads to the next step, and the next...
 
re-stating to get back on track...

for those using an 85 or 90 mm lens on an rd1...

do you use a 135 external finder and is it working for you?

the reason i ask is that i am trying to use a nikon 35-135 zoom finder and am having a hard time with the framing (not the focussing) and i'm wondering if a 135 finder is easier than using the zoom finder.

with some practice using the built in 50 mm frame lines is working ok too.

joe
 
I use sumicron 90 with the r-d1 and use the 50mm framelines. i tried using an external finder, but framing is not very easy with the finder. without the finder, it takes a few tries, but eventually you get it.

the issue with the finder is not the zoom, but the tilt of the finder. if the finder allows tilt, the frame angle can very greatly with the slightest tilt. i believe this is the issue you are facing.
 
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