Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ---------- >From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: RE: [Leica] Nikon S3 millennium >Date: Wed, Feb 23, 2000, 9:49 PM > > Did the original Nikon rangefinders have variable magnification viewfinders? > > Dan C. > When I was in highschool, I had a Nikon SP. As I recall it had changeable frame lines like the Leica, but the lens did not automatically put the right frame line in the viewfinder. I had to dial in the right frame with a knob, I think,( God that was a lot of years ago). I remember vividly, however, on morning going off to class and leaving the Nikon SP on my bed rightside up wiht no lens cap and the window shade was raised. I came bact to my room and the Nikon with a lovely hole burned in the shutter. I think the repair bill was $100 a lot of money in 1959 or 60, I can't remember which. John