Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Can I ask which viewfinder you are going to put it on and which lenses are you going to focus? Thanks - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg J. Lorenzo" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 3:25 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 0.85 finder problems > I purchased Leica's 1.25 magnifier yesterday and plan to test it next > week. I don't know if it will have an impact of the finder flare problem > (that Leica denies the existence of) but I hope it will improve or speed > up my low light focus capability. > > You may want to confirm your rangefinder is aligned correctly. > > Regards, > > Greg > > Steve LeHuray wrote: > > > > >Martin Jangowski writes: > > > >>_really_ annoying: while the Mamiya finder is bright and the focusing is > >>very easy, the focusing spot of the Leica was very often unusuable. > >>Especially when using the camera in portrait orientation, the center spot > >>got very bright and didn't show any details, making distance measurement > >>impossible. I have to wear glasses and had to move the eye into a very > >>specific position to be able to focus correctly. The Leica films show a > >>large percentage of negatives with wrong focusing (sometimes completely > >>off...) > >> > >>Martin > >> > > > >Martin, > > > >This seems to be a common complaint of the M6 for many users, others have no > >problem at all. I think the reason for this is that you have to lock your > >iris deadcenter on the rangefinder patch. Let your iris go off-center and > >the patch will flare or whiteout. So the trick is when looking through > >viewfinder is to lock onto it in deadcenter and if you see it flare make a > >minute adjustment with your eye to bring it back on-center. Also, I think > >there are many people who keep their eye socket a small distance from the > >viewfinder, for whatever reason, which makes the flare worse. I wear glasses > >yet have never had a problem with flare on any of my five Ms. Also as a > >technique, I think of my eye socket and two hands as a tripod holding the > >camera very steady even at a 1/2 second exposure. I think keeping your iris > >on-center will solve your problem. > > > >sl > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html