Re: [Leica] Leica MP flare supression

["SonC \(Sonny Carter\)" <sonc@sonc.com>]

Grégoire
    Saturday night,  I was playing with my M6, and decided to see when
and where flare occurred.  I peeled off the scotch magic tape  from
the rangefinder window that suppresses the phenomenon, and pointed the
camera at a light just beside my chair.

I found that as long as my eye was centered, that is, I could see all
of the framelines, I got no flare at all.  When I  held the camera in
a fashion that obscured a frameline, right or left, I could get some
flare.

I'm glad that the MP addresses this problem. I am also glad that a
half inch piece of scotch tape also addresses the problem.

Sonny
http://www.sonc.com




- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Grégoire Vandenschrick" <vandenschrick@geog.ucl.ac.be>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 8:54 AM
Subject: [Leica] Leica MP flare supression


> Just a fact, if some of you are interested:
>
> there was the Laica days at the Photo Alpha Shop here in Brussels
the 12 13
> and 14 of june.
>
> At this occasion, I had the opportunity to try everuthing from
Leica.
>
> I searched with my Leica M6 TTL a very flare prone situation, and
compared
> the M6 TTL with the MP.
> The result is quite amazing, where you cannot do anything with the
TTL, the
> MP is cristal clear.
>
> The flare in the TTL is more present when the eye is off axis, wich
is
> happening very often as I wear glasses (my eye is more distant to
the
> viewfinder, hence the error placement is more sensible). I also
noticed
> while studying the phenomenon that looked at some distance (let's
say 20 cm)
> and having the eye at infinity, the flare has a hollow circle shape,
in wich
> you can still see the image through the right little window, the
outer
> circle beeing white out. I could find the same white out flare in
the MP
> telemeter window, but only in pushing the eye to the most decentered
> position you can have in the viewfinder, surely not a normal
position, even
> a little usual decentered position for a glasses wearing one.
>
> So my experience is that the MP is far better regarding the flare
problem
> than the M6 TTL and M7.
>
> I could also observe that the direct reflexions in the windows of
the
> viewfinder seen from the face of the camera is blueish for the MP
and the M7
> present at the demo, different than the normal colored reflexion of
the M6
> TTL windows. I don't know what's the difference this coating is
giving.
>
> I more and more think of buying one day an MP, in place of an M7,
for this
> advantage, and also for the appeal added by the different retro
buttons (I'm
> that kind sensible to this, more than to an open priority program, I
managed
> it well with the M6 TTL)
>
> If you had experience,similar or different, I'm interested
>
> Grégoire Vandenschrick
>
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