Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/26

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Subject: RE: [Leica] rangefinder flare: a possible solution
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 22:42:40 -0400

At 08:32 PM 5/26/99 -0400, you wrote:
>
>
>Essentially, if you exactly center your eye using the M6, the rangefinder
>works well; on the other  hand, if you move your eye, the flare  against a
>bright light source makes the rangefinder inoperable. This is  a M6 design
>flaw which may have been corrected in the M6 0.85. Typically, you can move
>you eye any way you like with a M5 or M4 and the focusing is perfect.
> But under passport protection Leica in NJ
>did an outstanding job. How much this serrvice costs if you are out of
>warranty I don't know.
>
>
>Regards, Andrew Jordan
Thankls, Andrew - This is really good to know, because being a glasses
wearer, it is essential to move my eye off finder center when using the 35,
which is my "normal lens."

B. D.