Re: [Leica] 21mm r/f conversion

[Dennis Painter <dpainter@Bigfoot.com>]

Jem Kime wrote:
> 
> 
> On the 21mm topic. Can anyone say what might happen with the
> Abrahamsson/Mueler conversion if the dioptre lens in fornt of the r/f
> window was eliminated? My mind is struggling to think why this couldn't
> solve the problem of the loss of r/f focusing.
> The v/f window would show a 20mm frame (near enough) and the focusing would
> remain unaltered wouldn't it? (apart from the reduced effective base length
> due to the new magnification of the v/f image)
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Jem
> 

What would happen? I would think it would make it kind of hard to line
up 2 different size (magnification) images wouldn't it ;-)

Dennis