Silly Question, yet again :)

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wlewisiii

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One of the joys of being broke is that it allows you to contemplate all kinds of silliness without having to worry about having to follow through any time soon... ;)

So, I'm sitting here rereading (yet again <LOL> ) Mr Gandy's excellent article on the M5 - http://www.cameraquest.com/m5.htm. The single thing I can think of that I don't like about it is the lack of 28mm frame lines. Could a .58 finder (with the MP condenser upgrade) be fitted to it _without_ loosing the match needles?

Just curious as it's gonna be a long while ... :D

William
 
Unfortunately yes. I saw one of those horrible mutants :D

I believe the M5 finder is unique. When it needs to be replaced, it is transplanted with a modern finder.

The one that I saw still had the speeds and match needle metering which is a different component and illuminated from the small window on top of the camera.

However, why would you want to deystroy the simple and accurate frame lines of the M5 (35/50/90).

Ray
 
Granted. I do dislike external finders and like the 28 lens. Is the orignional M5 finder able to give an acceptable aproximation of that FOV? If so, no problem and no finder-ectomy ... ;)

William
 
I use the 28mm lens on my M5 the same way I do on My M2 ... the area outside the 35 frameline is pretty close unless you're really fussy about it! :)
 
That's cool as the CL & Bessa R are much that way. No, I'm not too fussy. Get what you want centered & crop in the darkroom... ;)

Thanks,

William
 
The answer is...

The answer is...

wlewisiii said:
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Is the orignional M5 finder able to give an acceptable aproximation of that FOV? If so, no problem and no finder-ectomy ... ;)

William
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Yes!

I have had more trouble loosing the edges in the minilab scanning process. The M5 viewfinder is fine for the 28mm FOV. I need to back up a bit to allow for the silly scanner.

Case in point. On the negative the right side of the table and Mr. Toad aren't cut off.

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According to Don Goldberg, the non-flaring frameline fix (28-35-50-90) for the M5 is $190 installed. Money better spent on film or optics. YMMV.
 
Shouldn't be any need for the non-flare VF fix on an M5. You could add 28 and 75 frames, but the M5s all have finders that pre-date removal of the condenser lens in the finder part way through M4-2 production.
 
Roland,

I do. I do. I still loose a bit around the edges. Might be the operator or machine. I'll investigate.

DAG added the 28-35-50-90 framelines to my latest M5 before I bought it. Somehow the VF lost the condenser lens. Don quoted $190 to bring it up to current non-flare specs. I just got the body back from him. I haven't had time to use it in daylight to know if the finder really flares much.
 
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