Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The area inside the projected framelines show 93% of the film area (23mm x 35mm which is typically 100% of a mounted slide) WHEN the 50mm lens is at closest focus. When the lens is focused to 2.5 metres, the 93% coverage is just to the outside of the framelines. When the lens is focused to infinity, the 93% coverage is to the outside of the projected framelines by about three frameline thickness on each side. John Collier > From: "Felix Erazo" <ferazo2000@yahoo.com> > > I have a question nobody seems to know. I just bought my first Leica > M6"Classic". with a 50mm f2. latest. At lunch time i took it out for a test > run. side by side with my Nikon F100 with a 50mm lens. What i Immediately > noticed was that the angle of view of 50 mm on the M6 was noticeably less > than the 50 mm on my F100. in otherwords I could see alot more of an image > in my nikon than the M6. Are the frame lines 100 view? on the M6? >