Paul Stregevsky wrote:
I've always thought that old lenses can benefit from a modern body. Heck...I may get
myself an AF body like the ZX-5n just so I can focus my new 400/5.6 PKA without
suffering the dreaded rangefinder dimming.
The viewfinder of my MZ5N partially darkens with the
few replies below:
1)But Paul, that's exactly opposite my need, you didn't read carefully
;-) I stated I need _bright_ finder, and using stopdown
viewing/focusing, it is not exactly bright... I did that for some time
when my only wideangle was 2.8/20 screwmount CZJ on K2DMD via adapter,
and it's
Well since you have some CZJ lenses how about a Yashica 35 Electro-X? Decent
metering, plus a genuine MLU lever that you can switch on and off at will? I
got one as part of a telephoto/telescope purchase. I already had 2 KX bodies
with MLU I was using for astro cameras. So I kept this one to use
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2)JCO wrote:
vvn Try to find a mint Chinon CM-3 with motordrive. It has a nice finder
vvn and is all mechanical with DOF preview by pressing shutter button
vvn partially. I have two
Frantisek,
I also went through this process a couple of years
ago. I found that the Spotmatics SP, SPII, and F all
were rather dim in the viewfinder. It seemed to my
eye that the F was the dimmest of all. I now use the
SL and the SV which to my eye are the clearest and
brightest views.
Hope
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Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 9:59 PM
Subject: RE: choosing M42 body - finder brightness
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Subject: choosing M42
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