Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/01
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This was discussed here a few months ago. Others (including myself) have
noticed this "viewfinder flare", particularly in the M6 finder (I never
saw it in my M2). In my experience it has been present mainly in dim light
when a bright light source is far off to the side. Someone posted that it
was a design limitation related to the design of the viewfiner to
accomodate wider (28mm) focal lengths. Supposedly, covering up the
illumination window with clear tape will reduce the effect.
On Sat, 31 May 1997, Spohn, Albert F. wrote:
> Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 13:51:58 -0500
> From: Spohn, Albert F. <spohn@mayo.edu>
> To: "'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'"
<leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Subject: Rangefinder functionality
>
> Having just recieved my new M6/35 2.0 Summicron in the mail, I'm
> suffering what I suspect are some unavoidable growing pains in getting
> used to the camera, having come from a predominantly medium
> format/conventional SLR background. One thing that I'm noticing is
> that, in certain lighting situations, I'm unable to see a "double image"
> in the rangefinder square. Is this a common thing? If so, any
> workarounds/suggestions? Thanks in advance!
> Al
> * Al Spohn spohn@mayo.edu 507-284-1666
>
Michael Volow, M.D. (mvolo@acpub.duke.edu)
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