Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Can an M6 view-finder be tilted?
From: Andrew Moore <dmm@bronze.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 09:17:11 -0500 (EST)
 
> I came back from Monterey where I shot a bunch of photos. There's this
> great horizon line and it ALWAYS slopes downward left to right.
> Hmmm....now I'm fairly sure that I have lined things up properly and to
> have ALL of them tilted the same way is, well, amazing. 
> So, could something in the viewfinder system be causing this? Or do I
> just to take this up with my shrink to get my head on straight. 

Which lens (framelines) are you using in these shots?  I noticed that the
wide framelines (35 and 28) seem to tilt as you move your eye horizontally
across the viewfinder.  Make sure you're viewing your subject from the
center of the viewfinder and not slightly off.
Replies: Reply from Jim Brick <jim_brick@agilent.com> ([Leica] Re: Can an M6 view-finder be tilted?)