Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] rangefinder flare
From: Joe Berenbaum <joe-b@dircon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 19:15:54 +0000

At 01:46 PM 5/26/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Is it common for the center rectangle to overload with light from a room
>lamp in or near the frame? what causes? any cure?

This does seem to be more of an issue with the complicated viewfinder of
the M6, M4-P etc than with the simpler viewfinders. One thing I have found
useful is to make sure the front glass of the camera viewfinder is clean-
greasy fingermarks make the problem much worse. I did read somewhere about
someone using a rubber band to cover one of the glass windows on the front
of the camera. Not the most elegant solution perhaps but if it works it
might be useful. 

Joe Berenbaum