Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/18

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Subject: [Leica] Re: M6 Viewfinder Shows only 77%?
From: "Robert Meier" <robertmeier@usjet.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 23:09:58 -0600

That Pop Photo article that is so glowing about the M6 TTL and lenses has a
nasty little sidebar (p. 74) that says the .85 M6's viewfinder frames show
only 79% percent of the on-film picture area, and that the M6 shows only
77%!  That means there will be almost a third more area on the negative than
what the vf frame is showing.  Can it possibly be that bad?  Couldn't Leica
make a viewfinder that's a little more precise than just 77%?

Bob Meier