Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 25/4/00 1:14 PM, Rick Dykstra at rdandcb@cybermac.com.au wrote: > - offer the entry level body in a version without a rangefinder, for > street-shooters, or those with laser rangefinders for eyes; THAT'S a good idea. Beat Voigtlander at their own game. > :) Establish a custom workshop. That's also a good idea, and one which works well for EG Fender guitars. > > :) Focus confirmation. Develop focus confirmation systems for the > latest M and R bodies (a challenge?). Apart from being useful in general, > photographers’ eyes can change as they age, but their desire to keep > making photographs does not. I was going to suggest this. Focus confirmation for the M would require a redesign of the rangefinder but not a massive one... split off versions of the very centre of the regular and rf image to a chip... not hard to do and massively useful. Obviously repeating patterns etc would confuse it but you could make the patch small enough that you could focus with confidence on an eyeball... very good for the big wides. - -- Johnny Deadman photos: http://www.pinkheadedbug.com music: http://www.jukebox.demon.co.uk