Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan: RF lenses are the ones with eyes that change the veiw through the viewfinder. For example, 35mm Summicron and Summarons in RF versions have eyes permanently attached so that when mounted on an M3, the 50mm frameline will give the 35mm field of view. Regards, Robert At 06:43 AM 4/18/99 +0000, you wrote: >Friends, > >I notice that some lenses are advertised as "RF" lens. The later lenses >are obviously rangefinder coupled too but do not bear the RF description. >What is the reason for labelling certain lenses (like some summarons) as RF? > >Dan K. > > > >