Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think they wanted the 28mm framelines to be useable by spectacle wearers. They are not, really, so the .72 would have been fine... Frank D. On 30 Oct, 2009, at 13:36, Frank Filippone wrote: > If you can put either a 0.85 finder or a 0.72 finder in the same sized > M6TTL, I see no reason that the .72 finder could not have > accommodated in a > M8 or M9 as a 0.72 finder, thicker body or not. > > If they had put in the 0.85 module, the finder would have been .... > ( Math > time out...) .68/.72 *.85= 0.80 > > Maybe the M8/M9 issue was time to market, and getting it done > quickly, > using available finder designs and mechanisms, therefore the > shortened .68 > finder.. > > Maybe the Elves will offer different finder options in the future. > > Frank Filippone > red735i at earthlink.net > > The M9 finder is the good old 0,72 in a deeper body = 0,68. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information