Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/20

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Subject: [Leica] If you could add only 1 feature.....
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 08:34:29 +0100
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A zooming viewfinder is one thing.
A zooming accurate rangefinder otoh is something else entirely...
It would probably more than double the manufacturing cost of the camera.
Electronics = cheap, and getting cheaper.
Precision mechano-optical engineering = very expensive indeed.
Sadly.

I would like autofocus, but realise that is not feasible on the M line.

Frank D.


On 19 Oct, 2014, at 20:37, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote:

> A zooming optical VF so we could have a 24-50 Zoom-Elmarit M. This was a 
> regular feature of P&S digital cameras with built-in zooms before the Gods 
> of the Industry decreed optical VFs unnecessary. Why wouldn't Leica be 
> able to manage an acceptable one?
> 
> ?howard
> 
> 
> On Oct 19, 2014, at 1:07 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> 
> wrote:
> 
>> If you could add only 1 feature to your current Leica camera ( no matter
>> which digital you own), what would you add?
>> 
>> 
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>> 
>> Frank Filippone
>> 
>> Red735i at verizon.net
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