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

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Subject: Re: M6 Shifting Viewfinder ??
From: Edward Meyers <aghalide@panix.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 07:44:56 -0400 (EDT)

This is the feature called parallax compensation....Ed

On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Ferdinand U. LuDo wrote:

> 
> 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
> 
> 
>