Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Rangefinder patch flare
From: John Brownlow <deadman@jukebox.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 20:34:23 +0000

on 10/2/00 7:50 pm, Paul Chefurka at Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kip Babington [mailto:cbabing3@swbell.net]
>> 
>> So - do the HM M6s avoid the problem with their 35mm (widest)
>> viewfinders?  Inquiring minds want to know.
> 
> Nope.  My HM is worse in this regard than my .72.
> 
> I don't believe the flare has anything to do with the acceptance angle of
> the viewfinder.  My understanding is that Leica changed the optical
> construction of the RF when they added the 28mm frame line - something about
> removing a condenser in the light path if I remember correctly. Since the
> optical construction of both the .72 and .85 RF's is the same, I'd expect
> them to flare equivalently.  In my experience, they do :-(
> 
> Paul Chefurka


I've never had any problem with flare on the M4-P, which has 28 - 135 lines.


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