lxmike
M2 fan.
toying to get a Leitz Vidom finder, as l have leitz 3.5 and 5cm lenses, what are poeples feelings, how good as finders are they🙂
I prefer individual finders for each particular focal length of each lens.
many thanks l really do fancy getting the 3.5cm finder but they are so expensive😀
The FSU 3.5 cm finder is not very expensive, plus there are a whole slew of very good 1950s Japanese 35mm finders, from Canon to Tanack that sell for much less than any Leitz product.
The 50mm finder is another story, not much choice here, The Leitz SBOOI is very nice but not cheap and neither is the newish Voigtlander offering and the Canon 50mm finder is not common or generally cheap to buy.
The VIDOM finder is not all that practical to use. The distance to the subject must be set. The image is reversed left-to-right. To take a portrait oriented shot, you must turn a knob, then turn it the other way to go back to landscape. A black mask surrounds the picture area so that you only see a very small area for 135mm, and nothing outside the frame for any focal length. And finally, I have not proved it to myself yet, but I don't believe the framing is that accurate. I have used one a few times for casual walk-about picture taking, and it is one of my least liked pieces of camera equipment - all work, no fun.