[Leica] an M9 question...

[steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)]

On Oct 23, 2009, at 1:15 PM, Meino de Graaf wrote:

> Steve,
>
> because the body is thicker, the oculair (the lens that is at the  
> back of the camera) is farther away from the optical parts in the  
> finder. To create a sharp image, its optical properties have to be  
> changed. This cause the different magnification of the finder.
> If the magnification had to stay the same, the whole finder had to  
> be redesigned.


thanks Meino, I understand...sort of.

So is the final real & effective VF mag the same or different from  
before when you put all these variables together...?


Steve
>
> regards
> Meino de Graaf
>
> Steve Barbour wrote:
>> On Oct 23, 2009, at 10:39 AM, grduprey at mchsi.com wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> It has to do with the body thickness, the M8 and M9 are thicker  
>>> and the traditional vf mag will not work correctly.
>> why not ?
>> so how does changing the magnification alter that?
>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>> Gene
>>>  -------------- Original message from "Frank Filippone" <red735i at 
>>> earthlink.net 
>>> >: --------------
>>>
>>>
>>>> I meant to ask about something similar.....
>>>>
>>>> Why is the M8 and M9 VF set for a .68VF rather than the  
>>>> traditional .91 in
>>>> the M3 and .72 in the M6?
>>>>
>>>> I have forgotten the "wisdom" of this choice......
>>>>
>>>> Frank Filippone
>>>> red735i at earthlink.net
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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