Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The inside of the bright line frame shows the picture area as cropped by a standard slide mount (23mm x 35mm or 93%) when a lens is at its closest focussing distance. The outside of the bright frame lines show the aforementioned picture area at a focusssing distance of 2 meters. At the infinity setting the picture area is larger than the bright line frame by about three thicknesses of the frame line all around the edges. Info from Gunter Osterloh's book "Leica M the advanced school of photography". John Collier > From: John <bosjohn@mediaone.net> > Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 18:18:34 +0000 > Subject: [Leica] Question > > I suppose this question has been asked and answered before, but here goes > anyway. > How accurate are the frame lines in the M cameras? I know when I shoot with my > 90 mm tele-elmarit, I get more on the neg. then I saw through the viewfinder. > I vaguely remember reading somewhere, The Leica Manual, I think, that the > frame lines are 100% at the minimum focusing distance going down to something > like 85% or so at infinity, for the lens being used. As the newer lenses > focus closer then older ones, is this still true, or was it ever true? What > percentage of the actual negative do the bright lines show?