Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/12

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Subject: Re: M6 Shifting Viewfinder ??
From: wilcox@umcc.umich.edu (Ken Wilcox)
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 07:08:55 -0400

This is both normal and desirable. What you are observing is the camera
viewfinder automatically compensating for parallax.

kw

>Hello luggers,
>
>I'm new @ using the M6 with my 50/2.0 summicron M lens so please bear in
>with me.
>
>I noticed that when I mounted the camera on the tripod, the lens set at
>infinity since I was shooting a landscape, as I rotated the focusing ring
>towards 1-2 feet that 50mm framelines moved downwards shifting to the
>right. is this normal ??
>
>Would this circumstance also happen to the other M lenses like the 35 or 90
>that as you focus closer to the subject, that the framelines moves along
>with it ??
>
>Thanks for the clarification,
>
>Ferdinand

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