Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>The rangefinder seems to blank out sometimes when there is very bright light >shining directly into the camera, the sort of conditions that would be >likely to cause ghosts and flare; what is happening seems to be flare or >reflections within the rangefinder--the rangefinder spot turns solid >white. We had hacked this one out some time ago on LUG and short of reengineering the M6, nobody seemed to agree on a solution. What works every time for me is a BIG, wide, blue rubber band, like the ones you find on a bunch of broccoli. Take one end of your strap off, slip the rubber band over it and reattach the strap. It will just dangle there most of the time, but when you need it stretch it over the body to the left of the lens so that it partially covers the light window. This will reduce the amount of light reaching the frameline mask/focusing patch, and will solve the flare problem. Engineering on-the-fly! Regards, Ben W. Holmes Photographer Boulder, CO USA visit my web site at http://www.frii.com/~bholmes/