Re: [Leica] M6 (not TTL) viewfinder framelines question

[chucko@siteconnect.com (Chuck Albertson)]

Les,

With the 50mm lens attached, two framelines show up in the viewfinder: the
outer set, which defines the 50mm's field of view, and the inner set, which
defines the 75mm's field of view. Send me your snail mail address by private
email, and I can photocopy the M6 manual and send it to you.

The area outside the 50mm framelines define the field of view of the 35mm
and wider lenses. The framelines come up when you click one of those lenses
onto the camera, or by flicking the lever to the left of the lens mount
(looking from the rear of the camera). Flicking the lever all the way to the
left brings up the 35mm and 135mm framelines, flicking all the way to the
right brings up the 28mm and 90mm framelines. The high-magnification (aka
0.85x) M6 omits the 28mm framelines.

Chuck Albertson
Seattle, Wash.
chucko@siteconnect.com

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Les Bonser" <lbonser@worldnet.att.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 4:43 AM
Subject: [Leica] M6 (not TTL) viewfinder framelines question


> Hello everyone,
>
> I bought a used M6 a couple weeks ago. This is my first Leica M camera.
I've
> shot about four rolls of film through it so far. I'm still getting used to
> it, but otherwise am very pleased with the picture quality.
>
> I do have a question about the framelines however. Being used, there's no
> manual. And I guess I'm more used to my Contax G2.
>
> I'm using a 50mm Summicron lens and assumed that the full view in the
> viewfinder basically defined the 50mm frame. But I seem to be cutting
stuff
> off. I can see two framelines, one smaller one that's basically just
corners
> and a larger one that is basically a rectangle without the corners (sort
of
> opposite of each other. And outside the larger one, there's quiet a bit of
> space. Is the outer (larger) one the 50mm frameline?
>
> Oh, and is there a resource on the net that has the equalivalent of the M6
> manual on-line?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Les
>
>