Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A picture is worth a thousand words: http://www.leica-camera.com/kultur/mythos/innovationen/messsucher/ index_e.html The rangefinder optics are completely separate from the lens. The only two connections from the view/rangefinder to the lens are the roller on the lever that follows the lens as it focuses; and, the lens bayonet ear that keys in the correct frameline set. John Collier On Tuesday, March 11, 2003, at 12:06 PM, lea wrote: > Here's what comes of carrying my camera around playing with it.... > > Why, when my lens cap is on my lens can I still see a double image? > Where is > it coming from and why does focusing the lens (even tho it's capped) > allow > me to focus? I'm sure this is some wonder of rangefinders that I'm not > familiar with but it seems to me that the capped lens ought to be > preventing > the double image. > > I guess I've always thought that the 'main' (read: non-moving) image > in the > viewfinder was from the viewfinder and the second 'ghosted' image was > coming > from the lens. This is clearly not the case. > > What's up? - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html