Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Its an old design and a good one, how much do you want, it works well in 95% of photographic situations, and you whip on the visoflex for the others ;-) On Sunday, Aug 17, 2003, at 20:31 Australia/Melbourne, Mitch Alland wrote: > I've always known that the M6 viewfinder frames are set for a 23x35mm > image at the closest focus of the lens and that at longer focusing > distances the film frame will contain an increasingly larger field > than shown within the frame. But how dramatically this changes was > brought home to me only when I looked and focused through the Fuji 6x9 > viewfinder. The difference between what is covered at close focus and > infinity is enormous! And the frame in the Fuji 6x9 changes in size to > provide an accurate framing view throughout the focusing range. Why > has Leica not been able to have its frame lines change in size to > accommodate the changing size of the field throughout the focusing > range? Is it just a question of minimal R&D by a small company...or > are there technical reasons? > > --Mitch/Bangkok > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > Alastair - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html