Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mitch, Check the briteline frame using the preview lever. I once had a lens that did not latch quite right and the full frame was not visible. If I turned the lens a little bit farther in the mount the whole frame line would appear. It was the lens that was causing the problem in my case. Bruce Burnett SLC, UT - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mitchell Halpern" <dotcalm@ix.netcom.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 6:50 PM Subject: [Leica] The Case of the "Disappearing Briteline" > Howdy LUGers: > I just purchased a 90mm Elmarit to go along with my 35mm Summicron Asph. > When looking through the viewfinder with the Elmarit mounted, the right > vertical briteline plays "hard to see". Basically, if I look straight > through the finder, that briteline is essentially invisible, becoming more > visible as I shift my eye around. This strikes me as inconvenient at best > (don't have this problem with the 35mm lines) and defective at worst. The > body involved is an M6 TTL with 0.72 mag. > > Is this "normal" behavior, or is it time to for the camera to take a journey > to Jersey? (well, at least after my vacation.....) > > Thanks, > Mitch >