Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Nakamura" <mail@gpsy.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 23:19 Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica MP -- Yes, it's true! > > > > >> So let me see if I understand this. > >> After 47 years they still haven't been able to > >> incorporate a zoom vf and I'm suppossed to be excited? > > > >One of the advantages OF a rangefinder for me is being able to see more than > >the framed image. > > Yes, but think how convenient it'd be if you could have a little > switch on the side of the camera marked 1.0x, 1.5x, 2.0x and with > that little switch, the finder would switch magnifications. You could > always stay in the magnification level you wanted (0.5, 0.75, and > 1.0) to optimize between seeing "outside" the lines and RF accuracy. > > Imagine how .... groundbreaking that would be.... It would require > engineering of the highest degree and use of the most sophisticated > materials. I bet even the best Japanese engineers couldn't have > even produced that .... 45 years ago. > > Karen Actually they did - in a budget Canon model. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html