Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:19 PM 2/23/2003 -0600, Karen Nakamura wrote: >>> So let me see if I understand this. >>> After 47 years they still haven't been able to >>> incorporate a zoom vf and I'm suppossed to be excited? >> >>One of the advantages OF a rangefinder for me is being able to see more than >>the framed image. > >Yes, but think how convenient it'd be if you could have a little switch on >the side of the camera marked 1.0x, 1.5x, 2.0x and with that little >switch, the finder would switch magnifications. You could always stay in >the magnification level you wanted (0.5, 0.75, and 1.0) to optimize >between seeing "outside" the lines and RF accuracy. > >Imagine how .... groundbreaking that would be.... It would require >engineering of the highest degree and use of the most sophisticated >materials. I bet even the best Japanese engineers couldn't have even >produced that .... 45 years ago. Wow! Yes, that would be a nice invention. // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com> <http://www.dragonsgate.net/mailman/listinfo> On-line orders, support, and listservers available on web site. [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ] - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html