Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] New M6
From: "A S Jordan" <andrewsjordan@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 00:57:53 -0500
 
>No, the M4 has the same magnification as the M6 (.72). The M6HM has 0,853
>If you have some trouble with the M4, the M6 will not help you. In both
>cases the distance to the ocular is critical.
>Erwin
>
Do any of our photographic historians know why Leitz selected 0.72 for the
M4 magnification to cover the  view of the 35mm lens? Afterall, the M3 had a
magnification of about 0.9. In other words  why did we have to wait for
thirty years for the M6/0.85 viewfinder?