Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 Meter Area
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 21:45:11 -0500
 
At 08:46 PM 28-03-98 EST, Tom Shea wrote:
[snip]
>
>My question is why the area increased as the lens is focused closer ????

The focal length by definition increases as you focus closer than infinity,
but the Leica rangefinder is designed for infinity focus only.  So the
imaginary meter area in the vf must be increased to compensate.

Dan C.