Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/10

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Subject: Fw: [Leica] M6 0.85 & glasses
From: "Boreham" <boreham@dial.pipex.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 07:07:14 -0000

Just thought some more about my posting below. Now realise ( I think) that
the greater viewfinder magnification, ie narrower field of view means less
of the lens is visible in the viewfinder anyway, so blockage probably the
same. 

> Another disadvantage of the M6 0.85 will presumably be that a larger
> proportion of the viewfinder frames will be blocked by lenses such as
> 35/1.4 ASPH and 50 Noctilux. This would be even more so with an
M3/Noctilux
> combo, but I've never heard anyone mention this when praising the M3
> viewfinder.
>