Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken Iisaka wrote: > According to my sources in Japan, the low 0.6x magnification was > selected to allow eyeglass wearers, who are the majority of > photographers in Japan, Interesting trivia! Japanese photographers wear eyeglasses. > to see the 28mm frameline. I'm a wide-angle fan, so the lower the magnification, the better. > Looking at the implementation of Hexar RF, I cannot help but to think > that Leica was in some ways involved with this. > > The viewfinder configuration is very similar to M6, > The rangefinder base is identical, > The design of 28mm looks very similar to Elmarit-M > The rear half of 50mm looks very similar to Summicron-M Wouldn't that rather point at a good old Japanese tradition: playing copycat? Bernard, from Russia <cough, cough>