Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/27

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Subject: [Leica] d2 viewfinder
From: ljkapner at cox.net (Leonard J Kapner)
Date: Sat Mar 27 12:08:28 2004

Frank,

I agree with what you stated, but my point was that IF the zoom function
could be implemented with brightlines in a brilliant finder like the M7/MP,
that's what I'd want.

I'll be watching next weekend as JPM takes P1 in Bahrain!

Len

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-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+ljkapner=cox.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+ljkapner=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Frank
Dernie
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 10:34 AM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] d2 viewfinder

You can't zoom a M style viewfinder and the G Contax is no better than 
the D2 finder IMHO!
Frank

On 27 Mar 2004, at 16:58, Leonard J Kapner wrote:

> To be blunt, I have one and it's been hard to get used to.
>
> I've been a Leica RF user for 45+ years and squinting at a tiny 
> pixellated
> TV screen isn't my idea of technology application of the best kind, 
> other
> than it's electronically WYSIWYG, not optically approximate.
>
> To my thinking it's a TAINT... t'ain't a rangefinder and t'ain't a 
> reflex.
> :-)
>
> As a solid state compromise, I guess it's OK, but I'd rather have one 
> or the
> other optical alternative. For the way I'd like to use this camera, the
> revised M7/MP rangefinder/bright frame solution with the Contax G2 zoom
> capability would be ideal!
>
> Len
>
> --
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+ljkapner=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+ljkapner=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Tom
> Johnston
> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 8:41 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] d2 viewfinder
>
> i'm curious how users of the digilux 2 are finding the electronic
> viewfinder?
>
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