Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There are no dumb questions and this is an important one to know about when using a M6/M4-P camera (earlier M cameras show slightly more than the M6/M4-P). The area inside the framelines show the area of a mounted slide, 23mm x 35mm, which is 93% of the actual film area when the lens is at closest focus. With a 50mm lens focused at 2 metres the outside of the framelines shows this same 23mm x 35mm film area. Finally with the lens focused at infinity, you need to imagine an area three frameline width's thicker all around. This change in coverage varies with the focal length of the lens being used. A 90mm lens would give an even greater amount of change such that at infinity, the 75mm frameline set is pretty close to what you will get on the film. With a wide angle lens such as a 21mm the change is negligible and can be ignored. The amount of film area that actually shows up on a print depends on the size of print and the printer. 8x10s for instance require some cropping of the original film area. John Collier > From: Anonymous Leica-User Lurker > > Now I'm confused. Do I understand you to say that the framelines are > not showing you the entire area of what the photograph will show? If > this is the case, does one have to compensate further and extrapolate > beyond the framelines by 7 or 8% at close focus, and even more at > infinity, to propoerly preview what will be in the picture? > > If this is the case, what's the point in having the framelines? > > Is there a difference between slides and prints (i.e., when slides > are made, do they crop some of the image)? > > Sorry if my questions are dumb. I'm still in the learning process > about rangefinder photography. > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html