Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/18

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Subject: [Leica] Mirror / Prism
From: Mike Johnston <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 16:15:06 +0000
 
Tom Shea: >>>The real reason that all SLR's cut off some of the frame is
to enable them to make the mirror smaller - thus allowing a lighter,
smaller mechanism.<<<

Right. It enables a considerably smaller prism as well.

- --Mike