Operation Manual

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Bright-line viewfinder
The bright-line viewfinder of the LEICA M6
TTL comprises not only a high-quality, large,
bright and high-contrast viewfinder showing
every detail which will appear on the final
picture, but also a highly accurate lens-coup-
led rangefinder.
The size of the frame corresponds to an image
field of 23 x 35 mm (slide format) at the closest
focusing distance for each lens. At longer
distances, the image will contain a somewhat
larger subject field than that shown within the
bright-line frame.
The frames are coupled to the focusing
mechanism such that parallax errors (the
distance between lens and viewfinder axes)
are automatically compensated for as the lens
is focused, and the bright-line frame is the
same as the film image in the entire range
from 0.7 m to ∞.
There are two LEICA M6 TTL models with
different versions of this viewfinder, which
differ in their magnification:
When lenses with focal lengths of 28 (from
serial No. 2411001 onwards), 35, 50, 75, 90
and 135 mm are used on the LEICA M6 TTL
with 0.72x viewfinder magnification, the cor-
responding bright-line frame is automatically
reflected into the viewfinder in the combina-
tions 28 + 90 mm, 35 + 135 mm, and 50 + 75
mm.
When the LEICA M6 TTL is used with 0.85x
viewfinder magnification, a corresponding five
frames are reflected into the viewfinder for the
focal lengths from 35 mm upwards.
The centre of the viewfinder contains a
somewhat brighter rectangle: this is the LEICA
rangefinder. All lenses with focal lengths from
21 to 135 mm couple to the rangefinder when
attached to the LEICA M6 TTL.
With the exposure meter switched on, the
lower edge of the viewfinder also displays the
LEDs of the exposure meter or the LED flash
symbol.
For details on distance and exposure mete-
ring and flash operation, refer to the corre-
sponding section on pages 22, 24 and 38.
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