Captain
Well-known
Anyone have both a CLE and pre-ASPH Leica 21mm Elmarit that takes 60mm filters? Does it block the rangefinder patch? Thanks
Mark Schretlen
mostly harmless
We here at the CLE RFF have decided to end your 6 month long quest for this information. Hopefully you haven't been checking the board hourly to see if there has been a response to your plea. Lose no more sleep - hoodless, the E60 pre-aspherical 21/2.8 does not block the CLE rangefinder patch. In fact, it does not block that much of the CLE viewfinder window at all - maybe 1/8th to 1/10th. I don't have the hood for this lens (I don't recall whether I was too cheap to get one or whether I was planning to use my one-of-a-kind hand shade), so I can't tell you whether the hood will block the patch or not. I guess we'll need to wait at least another six months for that answer.
aldobonnard
Well-known
almost 6 months... I had this set, CLE + 21mm preasph and it worked well on the CLE at all focusing distances; the focusing patch is never hidden. This 21mm on the CL will not show the focusing patch for shorter distances, for its viewfinder has a shorter base length.
You want anyway to use an external viewfinder with the CLE, therefore having the lens hood visible in the VFF is not a problem. Moreover, a 21mm lens is very appropriate for zone focussing, I would rarely use the focussing patch but prefocus and compose.
You want anyway to use an external viewfinder with the CLE, therefore having the lens hood visible in the VFF is not a problem. Moreover, a 21mm lens is very appropriate for zone focussing, I would rarely use the focussing patch but prefocus and compose.