Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/09

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: M's with glasses
From: "Craig W. Shier" <shier@mnsinc.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 20:48:18 -0400

N.B.  Glasses should only be a concern at 28 or maybe 35mm. For 50 and
longer you'll see the full frame, even with glasses.

At 05:35 PM 10/7/96 -0400, you wrote:
>At 03:51 PM 10/7/96 +0200, Magnus wrote:
>>How do the M series work with glasses?
>>
>>I've used to SLR's without any HP feature and
>>it's often hard to focus/compose with glasses.
>
>
>There are a thousand issues which divide Leica shooters, and this is
>probably the most extreme.  Perhaps a majority of users find glasses and
>Leica M's are a sad mix;  a minority seem to experience no problems.  I
>suspect the answer is found in the darkroom:  if you are a fill-the-frame
>photographer, glasses will be a problem, as they DO cut off a bit of the
>edges.  If you always crop a bit, glasses will probably not be noticeable in
>your work.
>
>Marc
>
>msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
>Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!
>
>
>
Craig W. Shier
shier@mnsinc.com