Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You use the M6 main finder to FOCUS and set exposure. (The rangefinder still works even though there are no frame lines for your camera.) You use the clip on finder to compose. Given that, with an M6, you can just barely see where a 21 covers, if you really rock your head around, there is likely some trick to see what the 24 covers, but again you'll likely have to rock your head and estimate. This can be helpful if you lose/break the finder. bmw - -----Original Message----- From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@euronet.be> To: Leica list <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Sunday, June 21, 1998 8:29 AM Subject: [Leica] External finders--how to use? >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 > > > >