Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/02

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 TTL .58 accurate with a Noctilux?
From: Dante A Stella <dante@umich.edu>
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 18:41:01 -0400
References: <200010021919.PAA00461@poseidon.proxyma.net>

Yeah, but aren't your framelines smaller?

Emanuel Lowi wrote:

> While focussing accuracy with the .72 & .58 finders may be accurate (enough) with the
> 50/1, 75/1.4 or 90/2 lenses, a oft-forgotten reality is that with such large lenses,
> the lower mag. finders also exaggerate the problem of lens intrusion into the
> viewfinder. The higher mag. finders (M3, .85) by nature show less of this problem.
>
> If you use these faster/bigger lenses, especially with their shades, you will see
> somewhere between 10-20% more of your framed in-camera image by using the higher mag.
> body. I stubbornly stick to the notion that photography begins with getting a good
> look at what you are shooting before pressing the shutter release.
>
> Emanuel Lowi
> Montreal

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