Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/31

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Subject: [Leica] Loof lirpa [WAS Latest on New Digital RF..April Foolish]
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor)
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:47:21 -0400
References: <270F6AC9-6665-4CA4-A6C2-6D9900B630F7@comcast.net> <FDAB9B31-7447-44BE-9937-C09807BDF0A8@bex.net>

HA!   We've caught on and it's not even April 1st yet. :-)  
 
Regards, 

Dick



On Mar 31, 2010, at 9:08 PM, Howard Ritter wrote:

> The acronym for "luminance optimized optical framelines" is LOOF.
> Spell it backwards...
> 
> ?howard
> 
> 
> On Mar 31, 2010, at 1:19 PM, Richard Taylor wrote:
> 
>> I just found this on:
>> 
>> http://jeffascough.typepad.com/af_rangefinder_blog/2010/03/af-rf-update.html
>> 
>> 
>> Checkout the "HCB/Tri=X" mode and last line.
> 
>> "The framelines and AF are the biggest thing for me. The camera uses a 
>> system which the manufacturers call Luminance Optimized Optical 
>> Framelines. Basically the framelines alter size depending on focus 
>> distance, and they also get brighter or darker depending on the outside 
>> light. This makes seeing them a lot easier especially in the dark which 
>> was always an issue with standard Rangefinders.
>> 
>> "Hopefully I'll be able to get some more pics up within the next 24-48 
>> hours."
>> ==============================================================================
>> 
>> Regards, 
>> 
>> Dick
> 
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In reply to: Message from r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard Taylor) ([Leica] Latest on New Digital RF - It's Looking More and More April Foolish)
Message from hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter) ([Leica] Loof lirpa [WAS Latest on New Digital RF..April Foolish])