Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 09-03-1998 20:17 Jeff Moore wrote: >At 7 Mar 1998 17:57:49 +0100, Pascal <cyberdog@ibm.net> wrote: >> Took a wide shot (35 mm ASPH) of the Houses of Parliament (Westminster) >> and Big Ben from across the river Thames. Everything was framed >> perfectly, nice composition, or so I thought, until I got back my >> pictures. Disappointment: the left side of the Houses of Parliament is >> cut off, and there is more info on the right side than I had wanted. A >> pity. So I would not too quickly conclude that the M6 does not have its >> share of parallax trouble. > >Were the things which seemed mis-framed approximately as far away from the >camera as the point of focus? (snip) >Was your framing problem related to the above, or some actual mechanical >imprecision in the parallax-compensation mechanism? > Sorry to give you such a late answer Jeff (too much work...). The cut-off point was at approximately the same distance as the main focusing point. So I suspect it must have been some mechanical imprecision. Pascal - -------------------------------------------------------- t h i n k d i f f e r e n t a p p l e c o m p u t e r - -------------------------------------------------------- <<< PGP public key available on request >>>