Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:34 AM 11/17/99 -0500, TEAShea@aol.com wrote: >The real reason that all SLR's cut off some of the frame is to enable them to >make the mirror smaller - thus allowing a lighter, smaller mechanism. No, it's because it is very, very difficult to make a viewfinder that shows exactly 100 percent of the frame. The mirrors on SLRs nowadays are plenty big to convey the whole picture. Eric Welch Carlsbad, CA http://www.neteze.com/ewelch He who laughs last thinks slowest!