[Leica] Some technical speculations re: rangefinder

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

John mentioned the up-sizing based on THAT rumor photo - which would make
sense if they were to include a larger LCD - the top plate limits the size.

Regardless, I am really not that interested in M10 speculation per se. I am
more interested, as a techie, on how desirable and how difficult it is to
make something like the one on my wish list,

On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 6:18 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Respectfully I disagree.
> My prediction is for the M10 to look just like the M9  (and use the same
> lenses) with a new sensor, faster, smarter.
> None of that is to preclude other, different, additional products.
> If the first is true I'm likely to upgrade, if the second, I'm likely to
> upgrade AND be poorer still
>
> Cheers,
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
>
> On 22 July 2012 11:06, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
>
> > Another two features, suggested by John Lee:
> >
> > - high eyepoint viewfinder for glasses wearers
> >
> > - builtin diopter
> >
> > Both have been done already so again, it's a matter of collecting the
> state
> > of the art and implementing them together.
> >
> > The M10 is likely to be larger than the M9, so may be there will be a
> > resurgence on used M9 sales :-)
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:05 AM, Richard Man
> > <richard at richardmanphoto.com>wrote:
> >
> > > Speculating on an ideal optical rangefinder system (i.e. something that
> > > retains the Leica M DNA and yet improves on the 1950 state of the art
> > M3),
> > > what if a rangefinder has the following features:
> > >
> > > - LED projected framelines. This removes the clutter, solves the
> > > visibility issue, and
> > >
> > > - changeable rangefinder magnification - what if the rangefinder has
> > 0.58x
> > > to 1.2x mag builtin (may be in 4 steps: 0.58x, 0.72x, 0.9x and 1.2x or
> > > something similar)? This would allow more precise focusing from the
> wide
> > to
> > > tele. This will leverage the existing frame line trigger and 6 bit
> coding
> > > system of course so this would be automatic
> > >
> > > - parallax adjustment based on focusing distance
> > >
> > > We know LED framelines can be done. The M9 Titanium has it.
> > >
> > > The XPan has 2 magnifications: one for the 45mm lens and one for the
> 90mm
> > > lens. I have no idea how difficult it is to insert multiple mag piece
> as
> > > needed. Anyone knows?
> > >
> > > The cam position should also give good indication of the focusing
> > distance
> > > too, along with the lens info, so #3 is technically feasible too.
> > >
> > > Chances are Leica nor anyone else would really spend the resource to
> > > develop something like these, since a CMOS/Liveview is so much
> "simpler,"
> > > but would it be nice to have such a system?
> > >
> > > --
> > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
> >
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