[Leica] Rangefinders just find the range

[Mike Johnston <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net>]

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1)
Photo magazines are full of "rangefinder"  cameras that didn't posess a
true
triangulating
range-finder. There are zone focusing models as well as models with
windows
designed

purely for viewing. All of them are accepted as rangefinder cameras in
that they
aren't
reflex cameras.

2)
The G2 is a rangefinder camera compleatly and absolutely. Sure it's AF
but range-finding is an activity not a method. It doesn't require any
mechanical
contraption whatever, just a gadget that sez how far. Therefore the G2
is a
rangefinder
based camera which uses a hybrid opto-electronic rangefinder which
happens to
require
no user range evaluation. The M6* remains the king of the optical
range-finding
cameras.
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Ah, a breath of air. Thank you, Javier.

- --Mike