Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 vs M6HM
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 23:33:11 -0700

Impossible. At least for me. I don't wear glasses. Even if I jam my eye
very tightly against the eyepiece, I cannot see the whole 35mm frame. I
must move my head to see it all. But I can never see the frame all at once.

Jim


At 03:53 AM 5/17/98 +0000, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Leica would have me believe that the M6HM is a better option for me
>than
>>>> the regular M6, and the logic makes a lot of sense to me. What do
>you
>>>> think?
>>>>
>>
>>Be careful. R-e-a-l-l-y look through the HM and see if you can live
>with
>>not seeing the entire 35mm frame at once. Having to move your head to
>see
>>it all. Being primarily an R and LF photographer, not seeing everything
>at
>>once annoys me.
>
>Is it impossible to see it all at once, or merely difficult? Like, are
>we talking about the difference between a high-eyepoint Nikon finder
>compared to a non-high eyepoint?
>