Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Viewfinders
From: "Martin V. Howard" <marho@ida.liu.se>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:14:13 +0200

It's not one of those ugly babies that looks like a distributor cap, with
multiple "tubes" sticking out the front, is it??

M.


Marc James Small wrote:
> 
> No, it isn't a FED piece, at all, but a ZORKI VF, a KMZ-made clone of the
> Zeiss 436/70 Prewar finder, with the optical axis flipped to match that
> of the LTM design.
> 
> It is a rotating telescopic VF with 28mm to 135mm frames.  It is about 2"
> long by 1" wide.
> 
> Don't pay more than $75 or so for this, as these guys are readily 
> available
> in the US.