Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was hardly suggesting that you don't shoot constantly and don't do wonderful commercial work, Don....I do, however, doubt that this is a "unit variable" problem. Everyone's pal Erwin long-ago noted that there were changes made in the viewfinder that cause the flare. It is a real problem, so real that Erwin noted it in his review of the M7, in which he said that the problem had been reduced, but NOT eliminated. And so now we have Leica saying that they are going to do something about the problem in the newer M7s, and that we can retrofit M6 TTLs to deal with the problem. If this was some weird little quirk, I doubt they would be going to this length to fix it. And of course, use the tool that works...The M6, flare or no, works for me. But the flare is an annoying problem. B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Don Dory Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 10:34 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: .85x now flare in the viewfinder Well, B.D., I guess my M6 is one that was carefully dropped and doesn't exhibit the killer flare you mention. Just because I choose to primarily support my family outside photography doesn't mean that I don't use my camera "commercially" to support charitable groups or organizations. If I am the only non-snapshooter present I have the same responsibility to bring back images to record the anti-landmine protest or marriage festivities as a "real" photographer. Since I've been on the list I have taken Ted's advice and shot into the light to better outline subjects with backlight, including media glare or setting suns. I think that the flare problem may indeed suffer unit variability. My advice is to do what Slobodon has done, use the tool that gets the job done. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html