Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:44 PM 22/06/98 -0500, you wrote: >It is true. Wide angle lenses (maybe just those not retrofocus, I'm not >sure) do project images at a bit larger and smaller image circles. They are >so close to the film plane that the angle of the light cone is such that it >makes it past the film mask next to the shutter and makes the image on film >bigger. That's why the spaces between frames with older Leicas and their >lenses don't appear even, even though the camera is actually framing >evenly. It's different lenses that make them look uneven. > Thanks for this everyone. I learned something new and interesting from this. I had always assumed that the 35m frame size was always the same, regardless of which lens was used. - -GH