Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/17

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Finders
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 18:01:18 -0500

At 05:18 PM 11/17/1999 -0500, O'Rourke, Joel, Ctr. OASD/C3I/Y2K wrote:
>
>If I recall correctly, Hasselblad had a similar problem with some of their
>lenses; hence, the latest "gliding mirror" design which moves the mirror
>back towards the film plane, then up to the viewfinder glass, during
>exposure.

A feature copied, incidentally, from the Contarex Bullseye of '59.  What
goes around, comes around!

Marc

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