Leica M3 - Automatic Finder Adjustment for 90 mm and 135 mm Lenses

Automatic
Finder
Adjustment
for 90 mm
and 135 mm
Lenses
Field of view with a 90 mm LEICA l ens .
The subject area covered with the long er
focal length is indicat ed by the additional.
bright line frame wit hin the l arge brilliant
frame showi ng the fi eld of vi ew of the 50 mm
lens, whic h remains visible all the lime.
LEICA lens in your M 3, lock
it in position, and again rough the ra nge -
vi
ewfinder . You now see an additional
bright lin r frame which indicates the field
of covered by the 90 mm lens within the
Id of the standard 50 mm lens, and repro-
duced on the film wi th 1.8 times ma~n i fication.
An import ant point is that the surrounding sub·
ject area remains visible in the finder, so that
y;u can easi ly follow mo ving subjects and bring
them within the 90 mm finder field. In the sa me
way the finder automatical ly indicate s the view
of j·he 135 mm lens when you fit the 135 mm
ELMAR in
the camera. In addition, the para lla x
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