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

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Subject: Re: M6 Shifting Viewfinder ??
From: Hans Pahlen <hans.pahlen@mark.komvux.se>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 13:02:07 +0200

At 16:53 1997-09-12 +0800, you wrote:
>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 ??

Yes, this is quite normal, as the parallax is automatically corrected.

>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 ??

Yes, this is normal for all M-lenses and M-cameras.

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