Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/11

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Subject: Re: m6 macro
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 23:51:25 -0400

At 04:32 PM 8/11/97 -0700, Jim Brick wrote:
>I've never owned Leica RF camera much less a Visoflex. However, I believe a
>visoflex has a mirror in it, basically turning a Leica RF into an SLR.
>Doesn't this put the meter behind the mirror? How do you use an M6 meter if
>the meter cannot see through the mirror?

All Visoflex housings have mirror lock-up.  To make the light-metering
work, simply up with the mirror and the meter works!

Marc


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