fbf
Well-known
Can't agree with you.
I have owned many different bodies, different copies of each camera. The M6 TTL, particularly the .85, is the worst that I have seen.
Vincent.G
Well-known
I think the confusion between flare and whiteout is caused by my wrong use of terms due to my ignorance on this matter. My apologies on this. So to put things in correct perspective, Roland interpreted my words correctly. I was referring to flare in VF, not whiteout in RF patch.
So this leads to another question: does MP VF upgrade reduce RF patch whiteout?
So this leads to another question: does MP VF upgrade reduce RF patch whiteout?
aizan
Veteran
i call it vignetting when your eye is placed off-axis. the mp vf upgrade does not affect vignetting, only flare.
Rob-F
Likes Leicas
Yes it does.
RichardB
Well-known
My M6 Classic has the 0.85 finder as do my M7's.
Yes, the M6 does flare, whiteout or whatever you want to call it in certain situations but it certainly doesn't make the camera unusable and I continue taking pictures preferring to focus on the job at hand. All photography equipment has faults, quirks or however you want to refer to it and one learns how to deal with those items. If you obsess over small problems than you can't get the job done.
Maybe my perspective is different having worked as newspaper photographer. If I told the City Editor that I was having problems getting a shot he wanted because of flare/whiteout, he would have thrown me out of the News Room!
BTW, I have had a single stroke M3 for many years. Yes the finder is nice but I never use the M3 anymore, the M6 and certainly the M7's are much faster cameras to use with the buit in metering and the ability to use the Motor M's as I do.
My rig is usually two M7's with Motor M's and the only thing I have to do is focus.-Dick
Yes, the M6 does flare, whiteout or whatever you want to call it in certain situations but it certainly doesn't make the camera unusable and I continue taking pictures preferring to focus on the job at hand. All photography equipment has faults, quirks or however you want to refer to it and one learns how to deal with those items. If you obsess over small problems than you can't get the job done.
Maybe my perspective is different having worked as newspaper photographer. If I told the City Editor that I was having problems getting a shot he wanted because of flare/whiteout, he would have thrown me out of the News Room!
BTW, I have had a single stroke M3 for many years. Yes the finder is nice but I never use the M3 anymore, the M6 and certainly the M7's are much faster cameras to use with the buit in metering and the ability to use the Motor M's as I do.
My rig is usually two M7's with Motor M's and the only thing I have to do is focus.-Dick
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