Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/05/20

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: LEDs on R6 mirror box / Salgado
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 15:51:45 -0400
Cc: pgs@thillana.lcs.mit.edu (Patrick Sobalvarro)
 
At 11:35 AM 5/20/96 -0400,  Patrick Sobalvarro wrote:

>(The diaphragm setting is viewed
>through another little window on the bottom of the overhanging part of
>the prism housing -- an admirably low-tech solution.)  

This 'admirably low-tech solution' was developed first by Voigtlander and
continued in use on their successor 35mm cameras (ZIV Icarex, Rollei 35M and
ME).  I didn't know Leica had "adopted" it -- it is a neat and quite
practical system.

Marc
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