Does the M3 offer parallax compensation? My framelines don t move as you focus. Do you any tips on how to deal with this?

-- Angelique (abischop@earthlink.com), September 03, 2001

Answers

The framelines do indeed move on the M3 as you focus. Put the camera on a tripod and try again. If you don't see them move then, you've got a problem.

-- Peter Hughes (ravenart@pacbell.net), September 03, 2001.

Or, to see it better, remove the lens and push the roller at the top inside of the lens mount in and out while looking through the finder.

-- Michael Darnton (mdarnton@hotmail.com), September 03, 2001.

The M3 won't focus as close as later models do. So roughly from 0.7 to 0.8 meters nothing will happen in your view finder while you are focusing within that nearby range, even if you use a lens that has 0.7 marked as it's nearest focusing point.

-- Hans |Berkhout (berkhout@cadvision.com), September 03, 2001.

Michael, you are right. On a tripod Ican see the frames moving. The adjustment is so smooth you can barely notice it!

-- Angelique (abischop@earthlink.com), September 03, 2001.