Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The conversion on my OM-2000 puts the image in the middle of the 'virtual' 35mm frame, not on the edge. That gives you a sharper image by avoiding the horizontal edges. The Bessa conversion will be the same, so VF's have to be masked in the middle to match. - - marc Frank Filippone wrote: >To make a 1/2 frame camera, you mask off the left hand half of the film >plane ( as an example only). This leaves you with a 24x17 frame.... >The image is now in PORTRAIT mode relative to the length of the 35mm film. >You need to mask off the finder from lasnscape mode to portrait mode to make >sense,... > >Frank Filippone >red735i@earthlink.net > - -- *** Marc Attinasi *** * mailto: marc@attinasi.org * * http://www.attinasi.org * - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html