Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 Meter Area
From: "Jacques Bilinski" <jbilin@axionet.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 09:21:44 -0800
 
> 
> 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.
 
Is it the case that the viewfinder is designed for infinity focus? I
thought the opposite was true. I seem to recall a posting on this list
stating that at infinity the 75mm viewfinder frame coresponds to the area
of a 90mm lens.