Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Maybe I was hoping for too much! Looking at the pictures I've seen, this was what it appeared like to me. The appearance of the optics seen inside the viewfinder window from the front shows more optical 'gubbins' than I'd have associeted with a 'normal' system, I put that together with the frame selector and made an inspired guess. I haven't seen any spec. yet on the Bessa-R (do you have a source?) The ability of Cosina/Voigtlander is quite capable of reproducing that design I'm sure. Jem - -----Original Message----- From: Gaifana@aol.com [SMTP:Gaifana@aol.com] Sent: 16 January 2000 20:14 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: RE: [Leica] Re: Bessa R _ Skip Williams reference Jem, are you sure that's a variable mag viewfinder on the Bessar-R? It looks more from the lever's position on the top plate that it is only a frame-selector (on the Canon, the lever is closer to being right on top of the finder). Besides, if the magnification were changing, wouldn't it stand to reason that the 90mm would necessitate higher magnification than the 35? On the Canons, the 35mm was 0,75x, the 50mm 1.0x and the longer lenses 1.5x. The only spec for the Bessa shows 1.0x at all lengths. I think reproducing a 41-year-old design as complex as the VI-L's finder may be hoping for too much. : )