Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/14

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Subject: [Leica] Newbie question about frame line accuracy
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Thu Apr 14 11:16:33 2005
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Thanks. I'm not complaining, I was just curious about the function
of my beloved new cameras and why this mis-feature I've read about
might not have been "fixed" in the 50 years of Leica development.

Scott

William G. Lamb, III wrote:

>
> Scott,
>
> Everything's a compromise. Depends on which M and
> magnification and which focal length. Usually, at least,
> you get a bit more than you thought, which isn't horrible.
>
> If that's a .72 M6ttl you are using, 28 and 35 frames are
> pretty accurate at 2 - 5 m., 50mm less so, etc.
>
> What is your complaint? Even SLR's are not perfect in this
> regard. Are you shooting reversal?
>
> William
>
> At 01:21 PM 04/14/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>
>> Why aren't the framelines in the M's (I have a TTL) very
>> accurate for framing?  Is there some special technical challenge
>> involved?
>>
>> Scott
>
>
>
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