Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/30

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Subject: [Leica] M9 improvements
From: dstella1 at ameritech.net (Dante Stella)
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:04:28 -0700 (PDT)

Of course, there has also been "the final word" from Hans Peter Cohn (no 
digital M) and Steven K. Lee (upgradeable digital M) on many issues.  So if 
you don't like what you hear on some issue now, wait for the next CEO.

Dante


On Oct 30, 2009, at 11:12, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:

Frank its been hashed over a lot elsewhere and the final word is from Stefan
Daniel. About 20 'enthusiasts' nearly coming to blows trying to put their
optical theories forward to each other! The optical reality is .68 in the
marginally thicker M8 and M9 bodies. You might like to watch the interview
with Stefan Daniel to see why this is so.
If you've owned the M6 in .85 you'd see that the 35 frame is really the
limit there. Personally I found the 35 marginal . I don't wear my glasses
when photographing and do scrunch my eye in there too. 28 frame visible and
usable (if you don't have glasses) in the .72 and .68. Magnifiers useful
with the longer lenses certainly. External 28 finder works well for zone
focus grabs or infinity shots.


On 30 Oct, 2009, at 13:36, Frank Filippone wrote:

If you can put either a 0.85 finder or a 0.72 finder in the same sized
M6TTL, I see no reason that the .72 finder could not have accommodated in
a
M8 or M9 as a 0.72 finder, thicker body or not.

If they had put in the 0.85 module, the finder would have been .... ( Math
time out...) .68/.72 *.85= 0.80

Maybe the M8/M9 issue was time to  market, and getting it done quickly,
using available finder designs and mechanisms, therefore the shortened .68
finder..

Maybe the Elves will offer different finder options in the future.

Frank Filippone
red735i at earthlink.net

The M9 finder is the good old 0,72 in a deeper body = 0,68.





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Cheers
Geoff
The new LEICA M9
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Replies: Reply from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] M9 improvements)
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