Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Thanks very much! Who has used this, and how does it work (as in do you >like it, not the physics behind it ;-)? >Austin >The Shade does cut the flare at the performance penalty of 30% of the light. >You are darker at all times by about 1 stop in the VF........is this a good >tradeoff? >I tried it and found the loss to be unacceptable in lower light conditions, >where you need all the light you can get.... >Frank Filippone I didn't try the shade exactly for this reason. Though I do occasionally experience RF patch flare, it is so rare and so easy to undo (by repositioning your eye vis à vis the VF and/or moving the camera slightly) that a "permanent" fix that would dim the VF 100% of the time seemed undesirable. Guy - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html