M8 Frameline Issue

[soulfood]

So, I played around with my M8 last night (YES!!!!!!!) and I noticed that the framelines do not correspond to the lenses I was testing. I thought the M8 framelines were adjusted to the crop factor. Am I an wrong? Is it that my lenses lack the encoding? Am I just an arse? (No need to answer this one) 🙂

Forgive me if this question has been answered already..have not had much time to browse these days.

 

[MP Guy]

You should get two frame lines when you mount a lens on the camera. The lenses do not need to be encoded. For example, if you mount the 35mm you will see the frame lines for the 24 and the 35. Use the inside frame lines for the 35 and the outside for the 24. A 21mm will require an external viewfinder.

Look at page 103 of your manual.

 

[IGMeanwell]

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or are you saying that the crop isn't correct?

 

[soulfood]

You should get two frame lines when you mount a lens on the camera. The lenses do not need to be encoded. For example, if you mount the 35mm you will see the frame lines for the 24 and the 35. Use the inside frame lines for the 35 and the outside for the 24. A 21mm will require an external viewfinder.

Look at page 103 of your manual.

Perhaps I did not explain myself properly. M user for 20 years - it is not an issue of framing with the correct framelines. I get more coverage than I frame when shooting. In other words, if I'm using the 35, when I expose I get a shoot that is somewhere between the 35 frameline and the 24 framelines, about 1/3 of the way between them, on each side.........strange

 

[soulfood]

post shots

or are you saying that the crop isn't correct?

Exactly what I am sayin

 

[soulfood]

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or are you saying that the crop isn't correct?

Here is an example. The 35 frmelines were lined up exacty with the outer edges of my fireplace mantle. Notice the xtra coverage outside the framelines.

 

[AndyPiper]

M8 Instruction manual, P.102 (english)

"The size of the bright-line frame is matched to the tak-
ing format of the LEICA M8 and corresponds to a sen-
sor size of around 18x27mm at the shortest setting
distance for each focal length.

At longer distances,
the camera records more of the subject than can be
seen within the bright-line frames."

This is SOP for rangefinders - because you are viewing the subject from a point 2" away from the lens's point of view, the framelines allows a lot of leeway to avoid cutting people's heads off and such.

9% more with a 28, 25% more with a 90 (from the specs page near the back of the manual) - so a 35mm should show about 12% more in the picture than the framelines enclose.

 

[soulfood]

M8 Instruction manual, P.102 (english)

"The size of the bright-line frame is matched to the tak-
ing format of the LEICA M8 and corresponds to a sen-
sor size of around 18x27mm at the shortest setting
distance for each focal length.

At longer distances,
the camera records more of the subject than can be
seen within the bright-line frames."

This is SOP for rangefinders - because you are viewing the subject from a point 2" away from the lens's point of view, the framelines allows a lot of leeway to avoid cutting people's heads off and such.

9% more with a 28, 25% more with a 90 (from the specs page near the back of the manual) - so a 35mm should show about 12% more in the picture than the framelines enclose.

Thanks Andy. You are correct. I guess its just the instant feedback that has brought the issue to the front of my mind. It never presented a problem with the m6 or m7...I can rarely remember my exact framing for any given shot by the time I print