Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/06

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Subject: [Leica] Leicaflex VF
From: vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko)
Date: Thu Mar 6 16:24:46 2008
References: <200803070031.m270VVgU034194@mail.imagecraft.com>

I believe it is a glass screen without any ground-glass on it, on the 
regions outside of the focusing circle.  It's just like looking out a 
window, and can't be used to focus.

...Vick

Richard Man wrote:
> Really just out of curiosity, but an article in Shutterbug mentions 
> that the VF in the original Leicaflex is like a rangefinder in that 
> except for the microprism collar in the center, the rest of the glass 
> shows everything in focus all the time. How did they manage doing 
> something like that?
>
>
>
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> please use richard at imagecraft.com)
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