Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> The Zeiss Turret finder designed for the Contax system will cause > parallax problems as the finder sits off the lens axis. Some of these > are made for Leica's and the turret is directly over the lens. You can > tell which is which as the Leica versions have the turret to the left of > the eyepiece as you look through the viewfinder. There is a parallax > compensation on these. I don't think this is correct. Regardless of whether the axis of the turret lies to the left or right of the mounting foot, the focal length in use is always over the foot. Stan Yoder Pittsburgh