Brandon Skinner Posted October 21, 2011 Share #1 Posted October 21, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Today I noticed when I go to focus my lens I can visibly notice the framelines shift in the rangefinder. The movement goes from the upper left corner to the lower right corner? What's going on with my camera? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GeebeeWien Posted October 21, 2011 Share #2 Posted October 21, 2011 it's not a bug, it's a feature! It's the parallax compensation of the rangefinder... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted October 21, 2011 Share #3 Posted October 21, 2011 Tip for the day; "Read your instruction manual" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppyman Posted October 21, 2011 Share #4 Posted October 21, 2011 Brandon this is normal. Because the viewfinder is off-set from the lens it must adjust to show what is covered as you focus closer or further away. You can see the mechanics of how it is done in this excellent thread by Mark Norton http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-m8-forum/67857-anatomy-leica-m8-framelines.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Skinner Posted October 22, 2011 Author Share #5 Posted October 22, 2011 WOW, I'm so glad nothing is wrong with my M8. I'm fairly new to the rangefinder world and just as soon as I think I got a hold on all things RF something like this comes up and makes me feel like an idiot again. Before today, I had been shooting primarily with one lens only: a Zeiss 35mm f/2. Today in the mail arrived a new Voigtlander 15mm f/4.5 II and when I put it on my camera for the first time and went to focus that's when all hell broke loose and noticed the camera parallaxing. I then put my Zeiss back on and noticed the same effect with my Zeiss... which I'm almost confident was not happening before- it seems I would have noticed. Anyway, thanks to everybody for answering my question. And to EarleyGallery: C'mon man, you know reading the manual is in strict violation of "Guy Code". Afterall, if we all read the manual, we wouldn't need this forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppyman Posted October 22, 2011 Share #6 Posted October 22, 2011 When you are handholding the camera you often don't notice the movement but of course it is always there. Really what you are unconsciously doing is adjusting the camera position subtly as you focus to keep the framing apparently the same. Put your camera on a tripod and move the focus and you can see what is really happening very clearly. Once again, don't forget the the indicated area is designed to be accurate only at one specific distance (about 1 or 2 metres depending on model) and you get a bit less than is framed at closest distance and a significantly more than is framed at infinity. But the lines are just approximate and are meant to indicate the visible area of a framed transparency (slide film) not the whole 24x36 mm anyway. That pesky instruction manual which is probably in perfect condition shows you with diagrams what the approximate errors are Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted October 22, 2011 Share #7 Posted October 22, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Afterall, if we all read the manual, we wouldn't need this forum. Well, if you're more comfortable with the forum, the information is already there too, as in this FAQ, which addresses many M8 as well as M9 issues. Yours is answered there in post #13, for instance. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest #12 Posted October 24, 2011 Share #8 Posted October 24, 2011 Tip for the day; "Read your instruction manual" I don't think this is actually in the original M8 instruction manual; it just says something vague like: parallax is automatically compensated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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