Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 Viewfinder: when does the lens come into view?
From: Pascal <cyberdog@ibm.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 98 12:31:49 +0100

On 10-02-1998 08:14 MyersPete@aol.com wrote:

>With an M6, if you have an 35 f2 asph on the front, is the lens cutting off
>the bottom corner of the finder image? With a lens hood?
>
>And how about with the 28?
>
>And the 35 f1.4 asph?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Pete
>

For the Summilux-M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH it's yes, but only a small part unless 
you screw a filter on (which I am doing at most times).
But, if you put the complimentary lenshood on, you are going to be in for 
a nasty surprise: up to 20% of your image in the viewfinder will be 
hidden. There is, however, an incision in the upper left part of the 
lenshood, so that you can see "through" and not loose too much of your 
sight.

When I mounted the Summilux-M 50mm f/1.4 I was favorably surprised not to 
encounter this annoying thing. The major thing is really the lenshood 
(which is rectangular for maximum effectiveness, but is a burden in use).

Pascal

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