Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I only picked it late yesterday, so far I've tried it on my M6ttl with the 0.85 mag. finder with a 35mm f2 ASPH lens. I also have a couple of Leica's with the 0.72 mag and a another M6ttl with the 0.58 mag. finder. I think it will be used primarily on the 0.58 and 0.72 cameras. My lenses range from 12mm through 90mm, at some point I try all of them with the the 1.25. Regards, Greg Stuart Phillips wrote: >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 > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html