Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica MP -- Yes, it's true!
From: "A. Lal" <alal@duke.poly.edu>
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2003 22:23:25 -0500
References: <NABBLIJOIFAICKBIEPJJGEINEGAB.darkroom@ix.netcom.com> <p05111b02ba7f4d008e41@[192.168.123.164]>

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karen Nakamura" <mail@gpsy.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 23:19
Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica MP -- Yes, it's true!


> 
> >
> >>  So let me see if I understand this.
> >>  After 47 years they still haven't been able to
> >>  incorporate a zoom vf and I'm suppossed to be excited?
> >
> >One of the advantages OF a rangefinder for me is being able to see more than
> >the framed image.
> 
> Yes, but think how convenient it'd be if you could have a little 
> switch on the side of the camera marked 1.0x,  1.5x,  2.0x  and with 
> that little switch, the finder would switch magnifications. You could 
> always stay in the magnification level you wanted (0.5, 0.75, and 
> 1.0) to optimize between seeing "outside" the lines and RF accuracy.
> 
> Imagine how .... groundbreaking that would be....  It would require 
> engineering of the highest degree and use of the most sophisticated 
> materials.    I bet even the best Japanese engineers couldn't have 
> even produced that .... 45 years ago.
> 
> Karen

Actually they did - in a budget Canon model.
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In reply to: Message from "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com> (RE: [Leica] Leica MP -- Yes, it's true!)
Message from Karen Nakamura <mail@gpsy.com> (RE: [Leica] Leica MP -- Yes, it's true!)