Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Guy Bennett wrote: > >I used the Voigtländer 75mm viewfinder on my IIIG for the portrait shots of my > >grandaughter; the image on the negative had a decided bias to the left > >(vertical) > >side. Next time I am going to move the central image in the viewfinder > >slightly to > >the right. Ed K. > > ed, > > could this be a simple paralax problem? > > some of my portrait shots taken with the summarit showed a similar top/left > bias - i was simply too close when i shot them and forgot to compensate for > paralax. > > is there an 'official rule' for paralax compensation? i seem to recall > having read somewhere that you need to compensate if you're closer than 2 > meters (about 6'8") to your subject. i realize that this basically means > moving your subject 'down and to the right' when shooting close with a sm > leica. is there any way to determine how far down and to the right? > > guy I think you're probably correct. Next time I use the lens I'll keep notes about centering, right edge bias, and distance from the subject. Thanks for your comment. Ed K