Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/25

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Subject: [Leica] Rangefinder superimposed vs. split image?
From: Herbert & Lee Kanner <kanner@acm.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 11:59:17 -0800

Yes, it means Leica is assuming that its customers are mentally deficient.
I'm so insulted, I'm going to throw away my M6 TTL.

Herb

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Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 23:35:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Ray Moth <ray_moth@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Leica] Rangefinder superimposed vs. split image?
Message-ID: <20020225073536.90706.qmail@web9102.mail.yahoo.com>
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Dear All,

This might seem like a dumb question but what does the Leica M6 manual
mean by saying there is the option of using either superimposed images
or a split image when focusing using the rangefinder patch?

At first, I thought it might mean that the user can either look at the
two images in the RF patch and tweak the focus until they merge into
one or, alternatively, look at a vertical line that passes through the
RF patch and tweak the focus until it shows no discontinuity, such as
with the central split-image part of a typical SLR focusing screen.
However, this seems so blindingly obvious as to be not worth even
mentioning, unless Leica is assuming that its customers are mentally
deficient.

So ... what does it really mean?

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