Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi all! Modern Photography (June 1985) that the view area compared to film is 86% vertically and 86% horizontally and 0.15mm/0.15mm parallax respectively. Popular Photography (July 85) has a picture that shows that the viewfinder image with 50mm lens is very slightly bigger than the on-film image - more than 100% - but no percentages stated. Who´s correct? All the best! Raimo Photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - ---------- > From: Jem Kime <jem.kime@cwcom.net> > To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us' > Subject: RE: [Leica] 100% Viewfinders (and a bit of OT sport) > Date: 27. syyskuuta 1999 15:33 > > Alex, > I read once, and I cannot remember exactly where, though I've a feeling it > was in an American photographic magazine review, that the M viewfinders are > amongst the most accurate there are, i.e., around 98 percent. I believe > also that the Leicaflex models used to feature this in their advertising > that coverage showed exactly what would be seen through a slide mount, > i.e., after deducting a millimetere on each side of the frame. > Of course for those of us who print whole frame 35mm including the rebate > (to get that nice black frame around the picture) that's not as relevant as > we could wish, but then having used Leicas since the age of 18, (22 yrs) > I've not been overly disappointed either. > > My worst experience was spending an enjoyable day on a vast beach at > Southport, working with a Pen-W camera (1/2 frame 'W'ide angle) to find > that every shot had a crooked horizon, the frame mask in the viewfinder was > out of alignment! > > best regards, > Jem > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Hurst [SMTP:corkflor@iol.ie] > > Hi LUGnuts. > > This left me wondering if anyone knows: > > a) What the true coverage of the framelines is on M cameras. Maybe this > varies according to model? By coverage I mean measuring from the inner > edges of the frame, which is at the moment what I take to be the limits of > my shot. > > b) Ditto for the coverage of finders on Leicaflexes and Rs. > Alex >