Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom wrote: >So it WOULD be possible, by blacking out the "extra" frame in the >viewfinder, to use either the M6J or the M6.85 and get just the 35 or 50= >or 90mm window! Tom, 1) In the M6J only the 135 come together with the 35mm and it is not at all disturbing. (check in a normal M6, it's almost the same) 2) I don't see how to blacking the extra frame. The frame mechanism in the Leica M is very delicate and IMO impossible to modify except at the factory. I will not try anyway. The only "modification" I ever try was in order to use the 75mm without being disturbate by the 50mm frame. It was to make a mask with black tape the same size as the 75mm frame on the viewfinder then totally masked the frames window (middle window) with black tape. Result =3D You only see the 75mm field in the viewfinder. But you loose the parallax compesation and the hability to see oustide of the field (one of the Leica M strength) And it is not very convenient and it is expensive to have one camera for one lens :-) Lucien BELGIUM =