Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Rangefinder superimposed vs. split image?
From: John Collier <jbcollier@powersurfr.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 11:50:01 -0700

Have a look here and read it from the manual:

http://members.fortunecity.com/canoneos/manuals/leicam4p1213.jpg

Please not everyone go and look unless you really need to know as this page
has a download limit.

John Collier

> From: Ray Moth <ray_moth@yahoo.com>
> 
> This might seem like a dumb question but what does the Leica M6 manual
> mean by saying there is the option of using either superimposed images
> or a split image when focusing using the rangefinder patch?
> 
> At first, I thought it might mean that the user can either look at the
> two images in the RF patch and tweak the focus until they merge into
> one or, alternatively, look at a vertical line that passes through the
> RF patch and tweak the focus until it shows no discontinuity, such as
> with the central split-image part of a typical SLR focusing screen.
> However, this seems so blindingly obvious as to be not worth even
> mentioning, unless Leica is assuming that its customers are mentally
> deficient. 
>

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