romainmassola
Member
I’m getting a Voigtlander Color Skopar 21mm f4 for my M6 but unfortunately it won’t come with a viewfinder.
I’ll do without until I find one at an affordable price and I’m wondering what is the field of view compared to the full 0.72 viewfinder of a M6 ? How much is missing ?
I’ll do without until I find one at an affordable price and I’m wondering what is the field of view compared to the full 0.72 viewfinder of a M6 ? How much is missing ?
kshapero
South Florida Man
a lot. But I use the 21mm as my normal lens and my 50mm as a short tele.
Ko.Fe.
Lenses 35/21 Gears 46/20
21 is most natural focal length I ever used. It just how I see. VF absence isn't big deal.
dourbalistar
Buy more film
On my M5 (also 0.72 magnification but with extra framelines added), the 28mm framelines are right up near the edges of the viewfinder. As a glasses wearer, I can barely see them, and not without moving my eyes around. So based on that, I'd say the full viewfinder is slightly wider than 28mm, but probably doesn't reach 24mm.
xjonstars
Newbie
I have the same combination and it works well enough for me. I don’t wear glasses, so when I look through the viewfinder my area of attention matches the 28mm framelines, but if I look around I can see to about 24mm. It’s not elegant and I do prefer using an external viewfinder, but it’s not impossible to get an approximate view if you’re not too picky about a little cropping to fine tune your framing.
Darthfeeble
But you can call me Steve
I can't stand external VFs, I have one for my 21 and use it when I have to but for the most part I just frame what I want in the middle of the picture and have at it. I usually crop to 11x14 anyway so it isn't a big loss.
dourbalistar
Buy more film
Same combination as the OP, or same combination of M5 with 28mm framelines added...?
nickthetasmaniac
Mentor
A fair bit.
I often frame a 28mm using the full 0.72 finder on my M2, and it neatly takes up the whole viewfinder. So more or less everything from 21mm - 28mm will be missing (which is quite a bit).
This may or may not be an issue, depending on how you like to frame a scene, but it's definitely going to be a factor to consider.
Archlich
Well-known
The Bessa R4 brochure comes to rescue:
