Question.

[brokencivilian]

Do the framelines on Leica M's (thinking m6/m6ttl, cause it's what I want to purchase.) Shift with focus distance? I know some other rangefinder cameras do, but I am unsure about leica, and figured the best place to ask is here.. rather than google.

 

[ruby.monkey]

Yes they do. They don't, however, adjust field of view.

 

[brokencivilian]

Yes they do. They don't, however, adjust field of view.

What do you mean by the field of view?

 

[jmcd]

The framelines move around to account for parallax, but they do not change in size—so at infinity a negative will have more showing than was showing within the framelines; and close up will have about the same as was showing within the framelines.

 

[brokencivilian]

oh okay, its just the shift that I was really wondering about. So they shift, but don't change size. Alright. I really need to get my hands on one for a day or so.. at least run a roll through.

 

[johnny.moped]

Most medium-format rangefinders (Fuji, Plaubel etc.) do by the way adjust for field of view.
I never understood why 35mm rangefinders don't have this feature. but maybe it would be to complicated given the amount of frame lines for different focal lengths.