Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]An inexpensive rubber garden hose gasket will fit around the eyepiece and protect you glasses just fine. Ken Wilcox At 09:02 AM 8/26/99 -0500, you wrote: >The M6 is a very nice finder. I have an M4 that, after a CLA has a >viewfinder close enough to the M6 to be called identical. The rangefinder >image on the M4 seems to me to be a little stronger, especially in back-lit >situations. I wear glasses though, so the M6 is nicer because of the rubber >strip around the eyepiece. I WILL be investing in one of those for the M4. > >-----Original Message----- >From: wilcox [mailto:wilcox@tir.com] >Sent: Thursday, August 26, 1999 8:29 AM >To: leica-users >Subject: [Leica] Re: M6 vs M3/M4-2: viewfinder brightness > > >In my experience with a limited number of Ms the M6 finder is a little more >contrasty looking than an M2 3 or four. Brightness is about the same. This >does not seem to matter in use. The M6 finder is also more prone to flare. >This does make a difference in use. > >Ken Wilcox > >At 11:46 PM 8/25/99 -0400, you wrote: >>I'm new to Leica's so bear with me. >> >>I was in Tamarkin in NYC today looking at an M3 vs M4-2 vs M6, and I was >>struck by the vast difference in clarity between the models. (The M3 was a > >>104xxxx, if I remember right.) >> >>The new M6 was crystal clear, almost like you were looking into thin >>air. Both the M4-2 and the M3 were somewhat less clear with lower >>contrast, with the M3 being the worst. Could these viewfinders be cleaned >>to be as bright as the M6? >> >>Skip >> >>----------------------------------------------- >>Skip Williams >>Westfield, NJ >>skipwilliams@pobox.com >>----------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >------------------ >Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch >Portraits >LAW LHSA MEA ><wilcox@tir.com> > > - ------------------ Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits LAW LHSA MEA <wilcox@tir.com>