[Leica] Viewfinder flare

["Robert Appleby Personal" <rob@robertappleby.com>]

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And as long as the film is advancing as rapidly as I work the RapidWinder
with the little red arrows lighting up I'm just as happy as a puppy.:-)

I suppose if one is working slowly and in a deliberate manner they would be
more aware of flare when it happens, but as I said, if it occurs with me I
just move the camera or my head and it's gone, but that quick reaction is as
natural as breathing without any thought of the flare.  Maybe because I've
been using M6's for 15-16 years.
ted
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i've also noticed the viewfinder flare thing a few times, but generally just
moving your eye around a bit makes it go away. It can be annoying but you
just get over it and take the picture! And when you've got it, the annoyance
also goes away! That's when you're happy you've got the M6 - because it'll
meter and focus in the baddest light.

For low light the M6 is the only camera for me (in fact for any light - I
have no others).

Like Ted, I generally have little enough time to get the shot without
worying about manufacturing tolerances.

I'm an M6 apostle. The most useful camera Leica've made - except perhaps for
the M6 TTL .58 or whatever it is. Can you get one of those viewfinders
retro-fitted to a classic M6? No doubt it'd cost a fortune, but it sounds
tempting.

I'll do it to celebrate my invitation to join Magnum! By the time that
happens it'll all be digital anyway, though but...

Rob (M6+rapidwinder advocate - but still no Noctilux!).

Robert Appleby
http://www.robertappleby.com