Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kip: Shame on you, a real question about Leica's, what shall we do? This is something new to me (your problem) and as I've only used the 6 less than 1/2 dozen times I don't remember having this problem. Question, when you notice this is your camera angle up toward the light source? If so could this be helped by using some type of a hood over/around that ribbed panel. This would shade with out blocking. I've not read on and someone may have answered this. As the M6 TTL will find a home with me soon I'm interested in the answer to this. Is this a major problem with the M series. Cheers Wilber GFE http://www.jeffcoatphotography.com Kip Babington wrote: > At the risk of posting something on topic these days, and with apologies > if I've ignored an answer that has been provided previously, but is > there an easy self-help solution for the rangefinder patch going white > on the M6 when the light strikes it from a certain angle? I've read > comments about this phenomenon since I subscribed to the list, but > haven't been bothered by it until recently (my daughter has begun riding > in horse shows in indoor arenas, where the sodium vapor or some other > type of intense ceiling lighting frequently blanks out the rangefinder.) > > I gather the problem stems from the ribs in the translucent panel, and I > know that if I cover the panel completely I lose the frame lines. Is > there some other well known temporary cure that keeps the frame lines > but tones down the flare in the rangefinder? > > Sorry for the interruption. > > Cheers, > Kip - -- Cheers Wilber GFE tel. 803-469-2440 http://www.jeffcoatphotography.com