Frame Certo Six viewfinder

[SomeDayBeyond]

I happily shot a roll or two with the Certo Six before realising that I do not know what accuracy the viewfinder has. There are no frame lines. Anyone know the answer?

 

[sevo]

Viewfinders of that period generally have no framelines (these appeared first on auxiliary finders, and only made it into the mainstream from the Leica M and its competitors downwards). The finder edges are usually so tightly cropped (to around 60-75% of the image) that the margin will cover even the close-up parallax and size variation - that is, by design they are inaccurate in a way that can be compensated in enlarging/scanning.

 

[xia_ke]

I've only put 2 rolls through my Certo Six so far, but I find the viewfinder representation to be much closer to the realized negative than with many other folders of the era. Perhaps this is because of the built in parallax correction?

 

[SomeDayBeyond]

I'm not quite sure as I did not think about it while shooting, but having had my first roll back I believe the finder is pretty much spot on. There certainly is not a huge difference.