Re: [Leica] Rangefinder Effective Base

["Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com>]

"DOF lines? What DOF lines? We don' need no steenking DOF lines!"
I think the scales were dropped in subsequent mutations of viewfinders for
that very reason- hard to use. I could never really figure them out, and
with a 35mm Sumicron, f8 and TRI-X.... you can get a lot of shots just with
the lens 'zone focused'!
Yep! Ya gotta admit, that Leica is one helluva point and shoot!
Dan ( Happy Snappy Leica pappy!) Post

> Some late M-3s and M-2s had two notches, one above and one below the
> rangefinder patch. One is wider than the other. By comparing the spread of
the
> two images in the rangefinder to the limits of the notches a rough
indication
> of the depth of field is indicated.  I find it difficult and use the depth
of
> field scales on the lens instead.
> John Shick