Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 40mm and 3.5cm Viewfinder?
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 22:39:34 -0600

With a 50mm lens at closest focus the inside of the framelines corresponds
to the area of a standard slide mount (23 x 35 or 93% of the film area). At
2 meters use the outside of the framelines and at infinity use an area about
the thickness of three framelines more. At infinity the coverage inside the
framelines is probably down to about 75% or so.

John Collier

> From: john <bosjohn@mediaone.net>
> 
> at the closest focusing
> distance the field is smaller relitive to the film plane than at infinity, so
> the frame line can only be accurate at one distance, unless it is a zoom
> finder.

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