Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/24

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Subject: Re: Leicaflex Problem
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 18:40:28 -0700

At 12:23 PM 7/24/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear Fellow LUGnuts,
>
>As an experienced user of M Leicas and admittedly a new user of a Leicaflex
>SL, I have a problem with the Leicaflex.  Everytime I take a picture, the
>viewfinder goes blank for just a split second then as if by magic the image
>reappears.  It is just like the effect when someone takes a picture on TV
>and the viewer is looking through the camera.  You never get to see the
>exact picture you took.
>
>I think I'll check my Leica catalogue to see if they sell a 50mm external
>viewer I can slide on the hot shoe.  Then I can focus through the lens and
>meter and then shift my view through the external viewfinder so that the
>image won't go blank when I take the picture.  
>
>I wonder why Leica didn't think of this?  The relfex camera design is only
>a poor imitation of the rangefinder ;-)
>
>Richard

Yes... but can you view the ACTUAL depth-of-field (see your Bokeh) on the
rangefinder (poor imitation of the reflex) design?

Jim