Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica O
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 09:24:33 -0400
References: <1120AB2026ABD211A82600A024B971370C43D0@einstein.morton.org.uk> <3BD82EE2.FA2F86FC@earthlink.net> <3BD861FE.29D30CDE@d2.com> <3.0.2.32.20011025173615.013edc74@roanoke.infi.net>

My mistake - So would it be possible - theoretically - to squeeze a
combined rf/vf into a Barnack, Marc?

Marc James Small wrote:
> 
> At 03:34 PM 10/25/01 -0400, B. D. Colen wrote:
> >Probably no room....As a former LUGer pointed out to me, in order to
> >combine the viewfinder and rangefinder, Leica had to load the IIIG up on
> >steroids and morph it into....The M3...So I doubt they could get a meter
> >in there....Still a nice camera...
> 
> Well, actually, there are totally different design concepts behind the IIIg
> and the M3.  The one didn't "morph" into the other -- the IIIg was the
> product of a design team committed to Barnack's principles, while the M3
> was the product of a design team inspired by Ernst Leitz.  Different
> strokes for different folks!
> 
> Marc
> 
> msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
> Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir!
> 
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