Replacing M6 framemask with M2 type

[johnny.moped]

here you can see how big the differences are.
the first row are regular M6 framelines and the second row are the MP-3 framelines.

 

[ferider]

Just did something similar, Johnny 🙂; on tripod from our patio.

50mm framelines.

Top is M6 (classic) with 75 lines removed by Don.

Bottom is M2. Maybe not 3% (Only Ernst himself knows why), but not "huge" either 🙂

Look how close the M6 frameline outside to the M2 frameline inside is.

Maybe we can at least agree that the 35mm framelines are not too different ?

Cheers,

Roland.

 

[horosu]

Roland, that was what I was going to say: the difference is most striking for the 50 mm framelines, a FL I love.

 

[Roger Hicks]

Here are measured comparisons for several cameras and finders.

http://www.rogerandfrances.com/photoschool/zeiss.html

And the truth is that if you use any camera enough, you can learn to allow for finder 'inaccuracies', which in any case vary with subject distance.

Tashi delek,

Roger

 

[ferider]

One more

One more

Horea,

I thought, for completeness, I would also show how the above M2/M6 frameline comparison would compare to the same scene on film:

Cheers,

Roland.

 

[lic4]

Wow! I had no idea the difference in film and framelines was that great with the M6. I suppose this is focused at close to infinity though, so it would be much closer for something at 1-2 meters.

 

[johnny.moped]

Wow! I had no idea the difference in film and framelines was that great with the M6. I suppose this is focused at close to infinity though, so it would be much closer for something at 1-2 meters.

it looks pretty much like infinity. in fact infinity starts at about 50-100 meters with a 50mm lens.
i once tested the mp-3 frame lines (the ones compared above) and they were the exact inner frame line at 0.7m, the outer frame line at about 1.5-2m and about 3-4 more frameline-borders at infinity.
of course with these "accurate" frame lines there will be some cropping when mounted to a slide or not "full frame" printed and shooting at near distances.