Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear LUGgers, Let us talk about photography for a change... I just bought the 24mm Elmarit-M with the Leica finder. I have a question of how to use the 24mm finder. I am assuming that the finder shows me (within the framelines) what will be recorded on the film, so that when composing the picture, I should only need to look through the accessory finder and just shoot. In other words, I use the M6 built-in viewfinder only to measure exposure. Once exposure is determined, I look through the external finder and shoot. Is this correct? On a related note, the 24mm finder has an oval frameline all the way around, and along the top there is a broken line a little below the unbroken line. I am assuming that this broken line represents the field of view at close focus, while the bigger unbroken one is at infinity. Is that right? TIA. - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium Photography page: http://members.tripod.com/~belgiangator/index.html Motorcycle page: http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html