Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mike Johnson writes: >>>>> That’s five. The sixth is a little lever that allows |you to preview the viewfinder frames for other lenses when they’re not |on the camera. | |We know. That sixth feature, although convenient, isn’t absolutely |necessary. Leica went nuts. This lever is described in most texts as the "frame preview" lever. Actually, most people, in the know, call it the M Zoom lever. It was originally designed as an enhancement of the M3 which of course was designed to be carried as a kit with the 35/w eyes/50/90 in the kit box (part number 14820). Although the kit box (14820) was designed for the 39mm filter size lenses and is thus no longer applicable to modern lenses, the concept has carried through to the M6 series. The most recent permutation of the "kit" is the Tri-Elmar. In any event, the M Zoom lever allows previsualization of the proposed photographic scene much more efficiently than using an actual zoom lenses on a SLR. While it is not absolutely necessary, it is a gives great advantage to the M over typical SLRs with zoom lenses which require time-wasting hunting for the exact frame. Hope this edification is of value Tschöh mit öh, Bill Larsen