Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/07

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Subject: Re: M VF Magnifications & RF Accuracy
From: Paul Schliesser <paulsc@eos.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 97 06:29:42 -0400

>Per noted Leica repair whiz Sherry Krauter (Viewfinder 28:2, Second Quarter
>1995, p. 8), the magnifications of the Leica M viewfinders are:
>
>M3/MP		0.91
>M2 to M6	0.72
>M6J		0.85

Marc,

This is interesting. Comparing an M6 and M4-2, there is a stong 
subjective impression that the magnification and frame sizes are bigger 
on the M4-2. However, after the message from Steven Gandy and yours, I 
went and looked again.

If you compare the sizes of the rangefinder patches, however, the M6 
patch is about one-quarter smaller.

- - Paul