Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/13

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Horizontal Centering of Rangefinder
From: "Tim Spragens" <info@borderless-photos.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 21:48:16 +0100
References: <B6AE2C3A.B5E%douglas@dysmedia.com>

As someone mentioned earlier, this is more critical with wider 
lenses - they mentioned not getting alignment of objects they 
wanted with a 24mm without moving the camera.

On 13 Feb 2001, at 7:28, John Collier wrote:

> The idea behind parallax correction is that the subject is framed
> correctly but the background can be significantly different if you are
> focused close. What I do, if I feel it is critical, is to shift the
> camera slightly up and to the left so that the lens sits where the
> viewfinder was. Works fine for me.
> 
> John Collier

In reply to: Message from Douglas Cooper <douglas@dysmedia.com> ([Leica] Horizontal Centering of Rangefinder)