Re: [Leica] M6 Neophyte-Focus Questions

[Peterson_Art@hq.navsea.navy.mil]

     I'm no expert, Sandy, and so my "two cents worth" may be worth just 
     that, but here it is.  I too wear glasses and have come to prefer by 
     far the viewing and focusing of the rangefinder Leicas to my old SLRs, 
     and never more so than in low light.  Based on my experience switching 
     from SLRs to rangefinder, I'd guess that you are simply "experiencing 
     normal challenges inherent in a system change."  And the pervasiveness 
     of any misalignment problem is irrelevant---that is, if your camera's 
     misaligned, you've got a problem, but if it isn't, then pervasiveness 
     doesn't matter.  So if you want to test your rangefinder, that's fine, 
     but in the meantime I'd suggest just taking pictures and not worrying 
     about it unless you perceive a continuing problem in your results.
     
     Art Peterson
     Alexandria, VA
     

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Subject: [Leica] M6 Neophyte-Focus Questions
Author:  leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us at Internet
Date:    12/7/98 1:31 AM


Thanks to all of you who encouraged me to "ask first and forget the archives." 
(I hesitated initially, since, at a web site that I frequent, individuals are 
often chastised for asking a question that could have been answered by doing a 
search.) In reading all of the focus alignment posts, I've become a bit 
nervous, since I, too have found that focusing is more of a challenge with the 
M6 than with my SLR system. I had been attributing this step in the learning 
curve to the fact that I wear glasses and am used to using an eyecup on my F5; 
seems as if I'm sometimes contending with extraneous light bouncing around in 
the M6 viewfinder. For those of you who acquired the M6 after primarily using a 
SLR, did you find that it took awhile to become accustomed to M6 focusing 
(especially in low light)? Just how pervasive is the misalignment problem? I 
plan to do the tripod test as soon as my RRS plate arrives; however, in the 
meantime, should I be concerned about alignment problems, or am I experiencing 
normal challenges inherent in a system change?  
     
Thanks for any advice,
     
Sandy (who's already trying to decide which lens to order next....)