Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/31

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Subject: Re: Rangefinder functionality
From: doctorc8@stout.entertain.com (Henry Chu)
Date: Sat, 31 May 1997 15:56:40 -0600

>At 01:51 PM 5/31/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>Having just recieved my new M6/35 2.0 Summicron in the mail, I'm
>>suffering what I suspect are some unavoidable growing pains in getting
>>used to the camera, having come from a predominantly medium
>>format/conventional SLR background.  One thing that I'm noticing is
>>that, in certain lighting situations, I'm unable to see a "double image"
>>in the rangefinder square.   Is this a common thing?  If so, any
>>workarounds/suggestions?  Thanks in advance!
>>Al
>>*      Al Spohn  spohn@mayo.edu  507-284-1666
>>

Al,

I have found this to happen on rare ocassions.  Usually the light strikes
the rangefinder window just so such that it is rendered useless (whited
out).  Just angle the camera up or down and focus on an equivalent spot and
then frame and shoot.

Henry