Re: [Leica] M2/M3/M4-P/M6 Rangefinder

[Dennis Painter <dpainter@bigfoot.com>]

Rick Dykstra wrote:
> 
> BOB KRAMER wrote:
> >
> > I don't have an M2 or M4-P, but my M3 and M4 have never flared on me.  For
> > fun I tried to make my M3 flare by moving my eye off center to see how far
> > off I would have to go in order to lose the RF image.  After I moved my eye
> > to where I could only see about 1/2 of the 50mm image area through the VF,
> > the RF patch did disappear.  So at least with my M3, you have a lot of
> > off-center viewing play before flare becomes an issue.
> >
> 
> Leica user's partners all around the world are wondering why their nutty
> mates are looking sideways through their little leica toys!
> 
> Thanks for checking, but the real issue is, what happens to the
> focussing accuracy when you look through crooked?  Check by focussing on
> a line at about 1.5m, then look through crooked.  Does the line split a
> little, even with a feint ghost image?  I get this with my 0.85 TTL,
> looking through the viewfinder with a little bias to the right.  But
> I've had no takers yet.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Rick (still crooked looking) Dykstra

Rick,

Look again, doesn't happen. The optical design of the M (all) finder is
such that both images appear to be coming from an object at infinity.
Can't shift. Such is not the case on the LTM RF. 

Dennis