[Leica] newbie

["Becker" <bss@uol.com.br>]

Hi people at Leica list.

I'm new on this list (subscribed today, 2 hours ago). I'm a photographer
and live in Brazil (in Sao Paulo city) and also am totaly ignorant (under a
good sense) on Leica. I'm considering to buy one but I need to know more
about the camera and the models. In order to not bore this list with basic
questions, I am asking for some help regarding, where to find the basics
for newbies. Must have a FAQ or Web Page. Questions regarding how to focus
on a viewfinder camera, or autofocus on SLR, and several other "etc" are in
my mind since I started to consider the buying of a Leica camera. I want to
thank you for any answer.


Regards
Eduardo Becker
bss@uol.com.br

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> From: Alex Hurst <corkflor@iol.ie>
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Parallax concerns
> Date: Segunda-feira, 24 de Agosto de 1998 12:10
> 
> George Huczek wrote:
> 
> >   I was taking a picture of the front grill of an old car (a 1956
> >Studebaker Golden Hawk ... only 4071 were produced).
> >   I framed the image carefully in the viewfinder, making sure that I
got
> >the full grill in.  I framed very close to the edges of the framelines
> >(standard M6, 50mm lens, distance about 1.5 m away from the subject).
> >   The negative shows the right edge of the grillwork cut off.  I'm sure
> >that I framed this properly to get the entire grill in.  I thought that
the
> >framelines in the viewfinder shifted slightly to compensate for
> >close-focusing distances.  However, it appears that there may be
something
> >going on that I am not aware of.  At close distances with a rangefinder,
is
> >it necessary to frame more loosely, and leave some free space at the
edges
> >of the negative to compensate for parallax?
> 
> George - the framelines do indeed shift to compensate for parallax, and
> I've never had any problems framing accurately at that distance with
either
> of my M3s or M2 using any focal length of lens.
> 
> As you were shooting from 1.5m there really shouldn't have been any
problem.
> 
> However, when you rack out a lens to focus really close, you're
increasing
> the focal length sufficiently for there to be a cropping effect - which
is
> why Leitz provide a supplementary close-focussing mark on the VIOOH
finder.
> I would have thought this would be more pronounced with short teles than
> with a standard lens, but I don't think this is your problem.
> 
> Are you sure your rangefinder's not slightly out of whack, which would
> affect the parallax correction too?
> 
> Slan
> 
> Alex
> 
> 
> 
> Alex Hurst
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