Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/09/18

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: M6 - Inversion attachment
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 12:51:11 -0400

At 10:54 AM 9/18/96 -0400,  Kryv0man@aol.com wrote:

>I frequently use an antique inversion attachment that fits on the flash
>shoe.   It inverts and reverses the image.  But the framing is sometimes
>off.  For example, the frame size for certain lenes (e.g. 90 mm) is larger
>in the inversion attachment than in the bright line in the range finder of
>the camera.  Also, sometimes the image I think I'm shooting turns out to
>be shifted in what's recorded on film.  Has anyone used this attachment
>and figured out how to correct for these things?

Say again all after "frequently"!  Could you give us some more hints about
this devilish device?  Was it made by Leitz?  Does it have a codeword?  Why
do you use it?

Marc



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