Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:57 PM 3/30/98 EST, Bob Bedwell wrote: >I have the same plastic viewfinder. Leica would never have put their name on >this ten years ago. > The 21mm plastic VF was introduced in 1980. Admittedly, Leitz put their name on it, not Leica, but machts nichts. Eighteen years is a LOT longer than 10 years. The plastic VF was introduced in response to a large volume of consumer complaints about the ease with which the heavy metal VF's fell out of the camera's accessory shoes. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!