Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/18

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Rangefinder
From: lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin)
Date: Fri Aug 18 09:06:39 2006
References: <200608180327.k7I3RLh5088086@server1.waverley.reid.org>
 
On Aug 17, 2006, at 11:27 PM, Scott wrote:

> I see these cool, precision, industrial strength cameras (like
> the Alpas too), and I wonder why they don't seem (correct
> me if I'm wrong) to incorporate a rangefinder for focusing?

Scott,

The early post WW2 Alpa SLRs did have rangefinders as well as  
pentaprisms. They were dropped because of lack of demand.

It still seems like a good idea though.

Larry Z