parallax?

[Fabian]

Sorry for bothering with another question.

But how do you handle the parallax mistake ( I don't know the correct name)
I am getting used to it slowly, but sometimes my framing is totally off.
I thought about getting an external finder, but then the sweet compactness of my IIf will be gone.

So tell me do any of you have some sort of trick to get the framing right?

Fabian

 

[je2a3]

I found these tips on framing from cameraquest helpful. Scroll down to the VF/RF section.

Joseph

 

[ZorkiKat]

Non-reflex finders not only suffer from parallax error, but also from field discrepancies as well. The latter means that at certain focus distances, the fields covered by the lens and the viewfinder don't really match. At closer focus, the lens will actually 'see' a slightly narrower field than what the frame of the finder shows.

The built-in 50mm finder of the Leica is fairly accurate. It shows the field of the lens focused at about 3.5 metres. This is an average view of what the lens will see at various distances. As for parallax error, don't worry so much about it. It will show you what the lens will get at common shooting distances. At one metre, you only need to think about a slightly diminished view. And tip the camera slightly (very very slightly) towards the direction of the lens when shooting to compensate for the slightly divergent views. The finder difference between the centres of the viewfinder frame and the lens is less than 2,5 cm. That's very trifle 😀

 

[pvdhaar]

Sorry for bothering with another question.

But how do you handle the parallax mistake ( I don't know the correct name)
I am getting used to it slowly, but sometimes my framing is totally off.
I thought about getting an external finder, but then the sweet compactness of my IIf will be gone.

So tell me do any of you have some sort of trick to get the framing right?

Fabian

An external finder will only make the parallax problem worse, by being further removed from the taking lens than the built in finder.

Some finders, especially those for longer focal lengths and multiple focal length finders, have dials to compensate for parallax. These do work, but they require a meticulous way of working, as they require the focussed distance to be transferred manually to the finder. I have one such zoom finder, and find it more prone to parallax problems as I constantly forget to correct for the subject distance..

 

[payasam]

ZorkiKat, at close distances should not the camera be tilted a little *away* from the lens to make up for the fact that the top and left edges of what you see in the finder will not go to the film? Several cameras without parallax correction but with bright lines have secondary bright lines a little lower and to the right of the main ones.