Mamiya 7 ii framelines without lens attached

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The metal finder was always a wee bit loose in the shoe, so I was always careful with it, wrapping one thickness of Scotch tape across the base. Used them on a M3 and M2 at the time (15 or so years ago). I've not been out since mine was delivered.ДЄt one time I had the 28mm Leitz finder to go with a v1 28mm lens. Is there a bokeh? Are you shooting B&W /colour with it. Great that you like it so much.Д¬an you describe its character/personality any more ? What do you like using it for mostly. Everybody I've spoken to sings its praises. Please rely on your own experiece.Д¬harles, Puts describes this as the Mlens, so I think it's given due praise, but maybe it is a relative newcomer. I'm not trying to influence you, just seeking an alternative for myself. It should have had some structure to it or made of rubber. It's made of brittle plastic and I see it as a weak spot in a very tough camera system. There is no strength in the support bracket/attachment point. No idea if it was a batch or not, or indeed if its been changed since. Went on to find that there were dozens of failures. Then noticed my viewfinder was missing and saw the top housing lying in the road.

I was crossing a road and heard a tinkle sound, could see anything so walked on. It's understandable that you have faith in it because you haven't suffered a failure.

I have no criticism of the 24mm finder, other than it's made of the same plastic material that my 21mm finder was made of. An absolutely stellar lens that I've taken some of my best images with. Nearly zero distortion, and sharp edge to edge wide open. All this grumbling over the M8 and the need to own a 24mm is out of place if you ask me - people that never considerd owning the 24 before are going to be blown away by this lens. I've shot with every 24mm out there and the M wins hands down. In my opinion the M 24mm is the most under rated lens in the Leica stable. Alas, it brings up the 35mm framelines instead of the 28 so don't have the 28 framelines as a judge (a design flaw in my opinion). 58 finder and find I can go without the finder for moving subjects (or when I'm using a shoe mounted flash). Perfectly sturdy unless you're doing something you shouldn't be. The Leica finder tends to be a bit wide in the framelines I find, but I like the profile and size of it. The plastic Leica finder has always worked great for me (it came with the lens) though I've found the Voightlander 25 finder to be tempting. I'm interested in what's available in the market, but I'll shoot it without any rather than break another piece of poor engineering. I've had an 21mm before and I used that OK and I deliberately left the plastic viewfinder on the shelf in the shop when I recently bought the 24mm. You've got one, so you know what it's like. What's more, none of them feels like shooting with the M. However, the Leica M will slip in a shirt pocket without its lens, or sit under a coat in bad-ass country with its lens mounted, or shoot in the dark when they others are in their cases.

#MAMIYA 7 II FRAMELINES WITHOUT LENS ATTACHED PLUS#

I have two SLR's, a Hasselblad 503 Cx and a Canon 1D Mk II N, plus a Rolleiflex TLR f2.8. If you go for shooting from the hip, I would think of it more as 'Zening it in'. I think a M7 is truly a beautiful camera.

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Anything under 28mm I find problematic with a M series camera. Experience the difference in looking through the optics, with its inherent spacial characteristics, as opposed to on optical add-on 'in the ballpark', auxillary viewfinder. I would suggest an alternative to 'shooting from the hip'.

Can then compare it with the camera viewfinder at various distance settings and by peering into the dark recesses of the the viewfinder you get an impression of how the image compares with the viewfinder.ДЄlso useful as well with standard lenses and you can observe how cut-off occurs with distance setting. Then press the palstic against the film rails and VOILA, I've got a ground glass back showing the exact field of view for the lens. I stick the camera on a tripod with the back open and lock the shutter with a locking cable release. I've also got a small piece of transliscent plastic i've mentioned before. I've manages this technique in the past with 21mm on an M6 and a 43mm on a Mamiya 7.ДЇraming became pretty accurate with a little practice and the angles and composition lines worked well. Not ideal, but I'm not fond of accessory viewfinders. My guess is I squeeze every drop out of the standard 0.72 viewfinder I soon be able to judge what else is on the image.

I'm going to fo ow Albert's suggestion in the near future and see how it goes.

Mamiya 7 ii framelines without lens attached