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For the new M6 the notice states:

 " The size of the bright-line frame corresponds to an image size of approx. 23 x35 mm (slide format) at the shortest setting distance for each focal length. At distances under 2 meters, the film captures slightly less than indicated by the inner edges of the bright-line frame, and slightly more at longer ranges."

Which logically means that if I frame a portrait less than two meters away, the person will fit correctly inside my frame, but they may have their head cut off in the final photo... I thought that this setting distance for 2 meters is the one chosen for digital M sights.

I have an MP and thought the entire final image was within the minimum focus frame of 0.70 meter. Here is what is written on the MP's manual:

"Concordance between the image of the film and the viewfinder.,The light frame size represents the shortest focus of an image size of approximately 23 x 35mm for each focal length. At infinity setting, depending on the focal length, approximately 9% (28mm) to 23% (135mm) more is captured by the film than what the corresponding light frame shows."

 So, would the viewfinder frames of the new M6 be different from the MP?

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If the descriptions in the technical notes are right,  both cameras have different viewfinders

Though Leica‘s technical notes are notorious for their mistakes. Often descriptions are copied from technical notes for other cameras and pasted were they don‘t fit.

One will have to try oneself or perhaps ask Customer Care for a comment. You find the mail adress on the Leica Website. 

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30 minutes ago, UliWer said:

both cameras have different viewfinders

Is it not the M10 rangefinder (said to be best ever) and viewfinder. Clue is size of front window.

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13 minutes ago, Danner said:

I notice the M6 Reissue has a 0.73x viewfinder.  Doesn't the MP have the traditional 0.72x viewfinder?  That could explain the difference?

Red Dot Forum lists it at the usual 0.72x.  I suspect the 0.73x on the Leica web site is a typo.  They also mention Live View in the specs so I'd take their info with a pinch of salt.  

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1 minute ago, logan2z said:

Red Dot Forum lists it at the usual 0.72x.  I suspect the 0.73x on the Leica web site is a typo.  They also mention Live View in the specs so I'd take their info with a pinch of salt.  

Leica Technical Data sheet also states that the new M6 has the MP style rewind (Manual with telescopic rewind knob). Too much "cut and paste" I think.

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1 hour ago, Danner said:

I notice the M6 Reissue has a 0.73x viewfinder.  Doesn't the MP have the traditional 0.72x viewfinder?  That could explain the difference?

Yes, if the 0.73 for the new M6 is right and not just a false copy from the sheets for digital bodies. Or they might have changed the finders for the MP and M-A to 0.73 in the meantime since it was introduced for the M10 and don‘t mention it in the sheets.

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At the end of the Instruction Manual, (Technical Data chapter), they write:

"Congruence of viewfinder and film image
The bright-line frame size is identical to the shortest focus setting for each focal length of an image size of approx. 23x35mm. With a setting to infinity (depending on focal length) approx. 9% (28mm) to 23% (135mm) more of the film will be captured than shown by the respective bright-line frame." 

So, the same than the MP (and the same viewfinder!). It's an error in the main chapter of the instruction manual.

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Also note the millimeter crop from 24x36, presumably to allow for slide-mount overlap.  Anybody still shooting chrome and mounting slides?

I don't think any of this matters one-wit, as there is always do some cropping on the enlarger easel board, LOL.  Or, if scanned, in PhotoShop.

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8 hours ago, Danner said:

Also note the millimeter crop from 24x36, presumably to allow for slide-mount overlap.  Anybody still shooting chrome and mounting slides?

I don't think any of this matters one-wit, as there is always do some cropping on the enlarger easel board, LOL.  Or, if scanned, in PhotoShop.

Yes, I still do mounted slides occasionally - something about projected images on a screen., 

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