What is the Best Body for 75mm Lens?

[b.espahbod]

What is the Best Body for 75mm Lens?

 

[Tom A]

Either a 0.85 M6/MP or the economy version, a Bessa R3 which has a free standing 75 frame! I must admit that I keep putting the 75's on the R3M/A more often than on a M6/MP. I cant stand the "double vision" of the 50/75 frame in them.
I never had a problem with rangefinder accuracy with the 75f1.4 either on the R3's - @ f1,4 and close - you have to be careful anyway and the shorter base of the R3 could cause problem, but I never had "fuzzy" shots that could be blamed on the finder.

 

[payasam]

A 0.85 finder, I should think, possibly with an eyepiece magnifier.

 

[b.espahbod]

I have bessa R3a and thats exactly my problem and the frames seem not what i composed in viewfinder?

 

[mfogiel]

The Bessa R3A is ideal, especially for a glass wearer.

 

[Mackinaw]

The 1.4X Leica screw-in viewfinder magnifier works very well with any 0.72 M camera. The 75mm frame becomes dominant with this combination.

Jim B.

 

[sepiareverb]

Balance on the M5 is fantastic with a 75. Downside is the cost of getting the 75 frame-lines in there...

 

[RichardB]

I have np problems with any of the 0.85 finders I have without any mag with my 75mm.-Dick

 

[thomasw_]

I use my MP ,85 with my 75/1,4 and it works very well.

 

[ferider]

I use either standard M6 with 1.25 magnifier or M3 with 90mm framelines. At 0.7 close focus the latter works very well, also gives me some cropping room for 8x10.

For slower 75s (like the Heliar), the Bessa R3a is outstanding.

Cheers,

Roland.

 

[peter_n]

Either 0.85x M7 or MP.

 

[Austerby]

I like mine best on my R3A rather than the Leica for precisely the frameline reasons Tom A gives.

 

[rogue_designer]

I have bessa R3a and thats exactly my problem and the frames seem not what i composed in viewfinder?

Narrower? Wider? Parallax shifting?

 

[b.espahbod]

It has a displacement i guess its parallax problem.

 

[Benjamin Marks]

I am with Tom A. and Peter on this, but there is another budge option: A Bessa T w/external finder. My Bessa T focuses fast lenses (50/1, 75/1.4) spot on. You can even put a CV trigger winder on it.

Ben Marks

 

[Calzone]

The 1.4X Leica screw-in viewfinder magnifier works very well with any 0.72 M camera. The 75mm frame becomes dominant with this combination.

Jim B.

+1

If I had a body that had a 0.85 finder I'd probably get a 1.25X magnifier to use with my 75/1.4.

Calzone