Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 0.85 & glasses
From: Lucien_vD <Lucien_vD@compuserve.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 08:21:43 -0500

Boreham wrote

>Another disadvantage of the M6 0.85 will presumably be that a larger
>proportion of the viewfinder frames will be blocked by lenses such as
>35/1.4 ASPH and 50 Noctilux. This would be even more so with an
M3/Noctilux
>combo, but I've never heard anyone mention this when praising the M3
>viewfinder.

then

>Just thought some more about my posting. Now realise ( I think) that
>the greater viewfinder magnification, ie narrower field of view means le=
ss
>of the lens is visible in the viewfinder anyway, so blockage probably th=
e
>same.

Yes it's true, the blocage is the same because the frame see the same
field.
Just tryed it with M6J.

Lucien
BELGIUM