Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Geoff, which part of what I wrote is not a rangefinder? On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 1:14 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>wrote: > Wot I have now! When I do my part it's perfect. > Wish away for another product line, but M is for Messsucher. > > Cheers, > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > On 21 July 2012 18:07, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote: > > > Well, lets ask it this way, assuming money is not an issue, would you > > rather have a CMOS/liveview system, or something like what I wrote? > > > > On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:45 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at > > gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > When you design it, I'm sure that Leica Camera will take a look;-) > > > For now just swallow a teaspoon of concrete and ..... > > > ;-) ;-) > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Geoff > > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > > > > > > > On 21 July 2012 17:05, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > Speculating on an ideal optical rangefinder system (i.e. something > that > > > > retains the Leica M DNA and yet improves on the 1950 state of the art > > > M3), > > > > what if a rangefinder has the following features: > > > > > > > > - LED projected framelines. This removes the clutter, solves the > > > visibility > > > > issue, and > > > > > > > > - changeable rangefinder magnification - what if the rangefinder has > > > 0.58x > > > > to 1.2x mag builtin (may be in 4 steps: 0.58x, 0.72x, 0.9x and 1.2x > or > > > > something similar)? This would allow more precise focusing from the > > wide > > > to > > > > tele. This will leverage the existing frame line trigger and 6 bit > > coding > > > > system of course so this would be automatic > > > > > > > > - parallax adjustment based on focusing distance > > > > > > > > We know LED framelines can be done. The M9 Titanium has it. > > > > > > > > The XPan has 2 magnifications: one for the 45mm lens and one for the > > 90mm > > > > lens. I have no idea how difficult it is to insert multiple mag piece > > as > > > > needed. Anyone knows? > > > > > > > > The cam position should also give good indication of the focusing > > > distance > > > > too, along with the lens info, so #3 is technically feasible too. > > > > > > > > Chances are Leica nor anyone else would really spend the resource to > > > > develop something like these, since a CMOS/Liveview is so much > > "simpler," > > > > but would it be nice to have such a system? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>