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VF-31 Viewfinder on DP1M

Started Dec 30, 2020 | Discussions thread
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Re: VF-31 Viewfinder on DP1M
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PunkJr wrote:

So my Sigma VF-31 viewfinder arrived and I've been giving a work out with the DP1M over the last few days. The framing is more accurate than I anticipated to be honest. It is large, heavy, solid (metal and glass with rubber eyepiece) and very bright. I tried three viewfinders last weekend at my local store and the best of the three was the Leica 24mm (plastic body). Well this viewfinder is far brighter, which is to be expected as the front element is around double the size of the Leica. I really like the way it looks, I just have to get used to the zone focusing - I would love it if there was a way to lock the focus so that bumping the focus ring would not change the focus point. On a couple of occasions I have shot for a few minutes and the focus had been moved unintentionally.

Are you saying you use manual focus only ? What's wrong with the auto focus ?

Next I'll get the VF-42, then all I'll need is the DPM2 to go with it.

VF-42 atop the DP1M

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