Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 and 28mm?
From: Dennis Painter <dwp@deltanet.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 08:09:31 -0700

Martin V. Howard wrote:

> I've read in a few books that some photographers who own Leicas without the
> 28mm frame, simply go ahead and assume that the whole viewfinder window
> corresponds to about 28mm.  How valid is this assumption?
> 
> M.

Martin,

Its a fact for all but the M3, M6J & M6HM. The magnification and field
of view of all the others is the same, Leica just squeezed in 28mm
framelines at the very edge of the finder.

Dennis

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