Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ah! Thank you, I had a feeling there was something I must have been overlooking... It pays to ask the LUG :-) Jem - -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Painter [SMTP:dpainter@Bigfoot.com] Sent: 14 January 2001 00:06 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] 21mm r/f conversion Jem Kime wrote: > > > On the 21mm topic. Can anyone say what might happen with the > Abrahamsson/Mueler conversion if the dioptre lens in fornt of the r/f > window was eliminated? My mind is struggling to think why this couldn't > solve the problem of the loss of r/f focusing. > The v/f window would show a 20mm frame (near enough) and the focusing would > remain unaltered wouldn't it? (apart from the reduced effective base length > due to the new magnification of the v/f image) > > Any thoughts? > > Jem > What would happen? I would think it would make it kind of hard to line up 2 different size (magnification) images wouldn't it ;-) Dennis