Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/28

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Subject: [Leica] d2 viewfinder
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Sun Mar 28 01:09:36 2004
References: <039e01c41437$388fc700$6501a8c0@len>

thanks Len, I hope to win Bahrain but Ferrari are way ahead of us at 
present :-(
Frank

On 27 Mar 2004, at 20:08, Leonard J Kapner wrote:

> Frank,
>
> I agree with what you stated, but my point was that IF the zoom 
> function
> could be implemented with brightlines in a brilliant finder like the 
> M7/MP,
> that's what I'd want.
>
> I'll be watching next weekend as JPM takes P1 in Bahrain!
>
> Len
>
> --
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+ljkapner=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+ljkapner=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
> Frank
> Dernie
> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 10:34 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] d2 viewfinder
>
> You can't zoom a M style viewfinder and the G Contax is no better than
> the D2 finder IMHO!
> Frank
>
> On 27 Mar 2004, at 16:58, Leonard J Kapner wrote:
>
>> To be blunt, I have one and it's been hard to get used to.
>>
>> I've been a Leica RF user for 45+ years and squinting at a tiny
>> pixellated
>> TV screen isn't my idea of technology application of the best kind,
>> other
>> than it's electronically WYSIWYG, not optically approximate.
>>
>> To my thinking it's a TAINT... t'ain't a rangefinder and t'ain't a
>> reflex.
>> :-)
>>
>> As a solid state compromise, I guess it's OK, but I'd rather have one
>> or the
>> other optical alternative. For the way I'd like to use this camera, 
>> the
>> revised M7/MP rangefinder/bright frame solution with the Contax G2 
>> zoom
>> capability would be ideal!
>>
>> Len
>>
>> --
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+ljkapner=cox.net@leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+ljkapner=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Tom
>> Johnston
>> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 8:41 AM
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: [Leica] d2 viewfinder
>>
>> i'm curious how users of the digilux 2 are finding the electronic
>> viewfinder?
>>
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