New 1.25X viewfinder accessory for M?

[richard_hoag]

Has anyone used the 1.25X viewfinder accessory on a .72 M6. Sounds great for us aging folks. Any comments would be great. Thank you.

[jay_.]

I use it permanently on one of my M6 bodies, with 90 or 135 lens.

Those frames are so small, however, that a 25% increase in area is

not exactly astounding. I wear glasses and I am unable to see even

the 50mm framelines with the magnifier in place. I think the 1.25x

makes a heck of a lot more sense than a pair of different-mag

bodies. At least this way you have 2 bodies that are interchangeable

in case one is damaged, or you don't want to carry both.

[jackflesher]

I agree with Jay on all points. I can only add that it also

noticeably darkens the finder in already dim light. I was shooting a

music recital in the evening with my .72+1.25 M6TTL plus 90APO, and

the slight loss of light was enough to make me try focussing without

the magnifier attached. For me it was a trade-off -- it was easier to

see the definition on lining up the now smaller RF patch without it,

but the smaller RF patch was more difficult to use. Net, net, in low

light it is a coin-toss, but in normal light, the 1.25 is a great

tool with the 50's-up on the .72 bodies. I suspect a .85 body is

equally as dim as the .72 with the magnifier (though I have not owned

one, so best to hear from actual users of the .85 and .72 here) which

IMO makes the .72 body with the magnifier more versitile.

 

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:-),

[steve_barnett2]

I got a .58 TTL because I wear specs, and it was the only way to see

the 28mm frame lines. This however meant the 50mm and 90mm frames

are a little small, and I worried about accurate focusing. So I got

the 1.25x finder. After using it for a while I find that I was

focusing OK anyway in daylight, but it does help in low light. The

framelines are more comfortable, although I go back to my old habit

of squinting around the edges just to see what I am missing. But the

problem I find is that I feel slightly 'divorced' from the camera

body. The finder keeps your cheek from snuggling against the camera

back if you wear specs, and I no longer feel that I know when I have

held the camera still. If you don't wear specs I would expect this

would make much less difference as the finder simply gets closer to

the eyeball. So now it spends less and less time on the camera.

[hektor]

Forget it.

 

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It need a dioptre correction for us ageing folk

[michael_kastner]

Good idea Justin! Me too. I already forgot that thing. I wear glasses

all day, and they are even as bad as +7.0 so I'm old enough. I think I

realize how useful my 0.72 and a 1.25 might be if I had a 135, but I

don't. I mostly use my 50, 35 and 21 and have no problems here.