The Frame Selector - Leica M7 Bedienungsanleitung

The frame selector

The frame selector lever (21) extends the possibil-
ities of the LEICA M7 viewfinder. Using this integrated
universal viewfinder, you can view frames which
do not correspond to the lens which is actually fit-
ted. Thus, you can test whether the composition
would be better served by a different focal length.
When the lever is pointing outwards, i.e. away
from the lens, the frames for the 35 and 135 mm
focal lengths are displayed (the bright-line frame
for the 135 mm focal length is not included in the
viewfinder of the LEICA M7 0.58).
When the lever is in its vertical, central position,
the frames for the 50 and 75 mm focal lengths are
shown.
When the lever is pointing inwards, i.e. towards
the lens, the LEICA M7 viewfinder displays the
frames for the 28 and 90 mm focal lengths (the
0.85 x magnification viewfinder only shows the
bright-line frame for the 90 mm focal length).
35 mm +
135 mm*
* not for LEICA M7 0.58
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