jplomley
Established
Well, after seeing all the wonderful Mamiya 7 images posted recently in the other thread, I caved and bought a 7II and 43mm (already had a 65mm which I kept when I sold my original Mamiya 7 (v1) to fund a Leica M7).
I do have a question about the Auxiliary finder though. As I bought this lens used, there was no manual. I notice the finder seems to suffer from flare pretty badly and compared to my Leica WATE Fraken-finder, is very low contrast. I realize it is just for framing, but nonetheless, i was surprised that the quality would not be better. Or did I just get a dud finder? I also notice that there are an additional set of non-contiguous frame lines in the bottom left and right corners of the finder. Is this for parallax at the closest focussing distance?
I do have a question about the Auxiliary finder though. As I bought this lens used, there was no manual. I notice the finder seems to suffer from flare pretty badly and compared to my Leica WATE Fraken-finder, is very low contrast. I realize it is just for framing, but nonetheless, i was surprised that the quality would not be better. Or did I just get a dud finder? I also notice that there are an additional set of non-contiguous frame lines in the bottom left and right corners of the finder. Is this for parallax at the closest focussing distance?
