Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/19

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Subject: [Leica] re: viewfinder stuff
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <ramarren@bayarea.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 15:49:01 -0800 (PST)

Hi Jem,

Yes, I know. The point I was making was that they'd need to revise the 
current viewfinder design completely to do it. Sorry if I was unclear. 

best,
Godfrey

>There has been a rangefinder camera offering exactly this option. The
>Canon Vt whih had a rotatable prism offering 3 different magnifications
...
>
>>Only a completely different viewfinder optical system and calibration..
>>
>>>Is there any technical reason preventing Leica from offering on the same
>>>body the ability to switch from 0.72 to 0.85 ?